Uri Simonsohn

Here is what i think the head-to-head comparison of ResearchBox vs Zenodo look like as OSF replacements. If I am missing an important attribute, let me know, will update accordingly.

📣 Postdocs at Yale FDS! 📣 Tremendous freedom for work on the foundations of data science with faculty across campus, multi-year, great salary. Deadline 11/6. Spread the word! Application: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32396 More about Yale FDS: fds.yale.edu

Another special issue at Psych Science! We invite “submissions that advance the field through critical appraisal of articles previously published by Psychological Science” Please share! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Enjoying the spotify AI list maker "studio" e.g., I asked "make a list with the two most listened to songs from every jazz artists visiting barcelona in the next 2 months"

After a few years of being just fine, the 99% invisible podcast is again amazing in its History of the US in 100 objects. 99percentinvisible.org/100-objects/ The M43 field Jacket The wheel of fortune dalmatian The Sand letters Too good! Just great stuff. Niche history through cool object stories

Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2

Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2 Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination. datacolada.org/139

An influential paper by Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002) reported two studies with tampered data. Post 1 of 2. datacolada.org/138

We’re hiring! Poli Sci & IR department at IE University in Madrid is hiring three tenure-track Assistant Professors, starting 1st of September 2027, in: Comparative Politics: lnkd.in/ePDfwjJB International Relations: lnkd.in/eDu5vGTf Political Economy: lnkd.in/eciDukTA 1/3

🚨 Big news 🚨 After 10 years at Harvard, my lab is moving to Barcelona in Spring 2027 to join @cbc-upf.bsky.social and the Department of Engineering at @upf.edu. 1/4

Took taxi from lisbon airport and was overcharged 2.5 times price and threatened with violence when I complained. Make sure to use Uber or Bolt in Portugal.

I will be visiting Yale SOM for AY 2026/2027 The visit includes me teaching an interdisciplinary PhD methods course. If you often experience New Havenness, ask your Dr (advisor) whether "Methods Stumblers" may be right for you.

First pass at a website that keeps track of the data availability status of various published papers: paulgp.com/replication-... Very much in Alpha mode, so data will be updated soon.

I login to manuscriptcentral, and when i try to access anything i get logged out. Password change does not help. Happens at two journals (psychological science and management science) Anybody else? @silverchairnews.bsky.social do you have a contact for support?

Answering the most popular question in a PhD methods course datacolada.org/133

A more user friendly t-test regression variable description frequency plots, and more. datacolada.org/132

Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map

Wouldn't it be great to gather top social science journal editors + experts on fraud-prevention to discuss better ways to fraud-proof our field @ the National Academies? This is happening! Step 1 is creating an organizing committee. Submit nominees by 11/7: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/enh...

Tidal. Slightly cheaper, hugely better sound quality, artists are paid better, no investments into military AI.

why may chatgpt give better answers than Cursor, even when i set gpt as the engine for the latter and it has the whole project as background instead of just one script?

First time I’ve seen the rabbit/bird illusion with an actual photo. Took me just a half second to process the word in all caps…

Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites. blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i...

Been using two monitors for many, many years. Just tried a single wide (curved 34") monitor instead. It's slightly less wide total a bit taller. It's way better. Looing at center of screen instead of to the side, no dead zone in the middle.

While in many respects the situation is dire I think it’s worth pointing out that there are multiple scientific ecosystems. Being scandalized shows that we normally live in a better functioning, privileged part of the scientific community.

Colada[128] The Best Audit Study and its interesting shortcoming datacolada.org/128

Fellow European researchers, if at all in your power, try to get your school to consider late applicants who were admitted to US programs. Hearing from many cases of admitted to top US schools who last minute realize they won't be allowed in the country.

Don't assume, plot datacolada.org/126

"In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor" Francesca Gino

This little devil is the cause of MSWord suddenly moving comments outside the margins into outer space where you can't see them. It somehow just started happening against my will a few months ago. Just uncheck 'enable modern comments' under preferences general, and you will regain humanity.

Clogged bathtub/shower/sink? After unsuccessfully trying my usual tricks I followed advice of handyman and poured 2 lts of Coca Cola down the drain, waited a few hours and ... ...worked like a charm 🤯

To whom it may concern: For over a year Excel and Word would sporadically crash when ... copying! (CTRL-C) Neither ChatGPT, nor Google, nor hours on online discussion boards solved this. Solution: uninstall Microsoft Teams addin for Office !

Behavioral insights are only as useful as their real-world application. Explore with Jennifer Kurkowski (People Analytics, Google), Vickie Pisowicz (Eyes to See), and Jessie Wisdom (Adobe). Moderated by @elizabethlinos.bsky.social (Harvard People Lab). Join us online 5/1-5/2! bit.ly/4iWXKoY

This chart was made in America by skilled artisans. It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.

The US federal govt. has dramatically reduced its support for foreign aid. At our 2025 conference, hear from fmr USAID Chief Economist Dean Karlan and writer @nickkristof.bsky.social (@nytimes.com), and explore innovative approaches that operate outside fed. programs. Online 5/1-5/2: bit.ly/4iWXKoY

DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris in 2024. Among cancellations with election data available, 92.9% and 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% and 92.4% of total dollar amounts.

Is there any organization with Data Colada style feedback policy - people whose work is critiqued read drafts before they're public - suggest edits, and - get to respond without any editing within post. Our policy feels outdated and am looking around Even vaguely in this spirit i'd be interested

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested! #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child

Roses are red Violets are blue

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

Looking for basic inference course/book designed for people who won't go to do research, e.g., business undergrads Practical, no math Measurement error, metric choice, regression to the mean, causality<-Yes Matrices, theorems, rich<-No I want not just simple (e.g., cartoon guide) But practical