Call for Papers: Workshop "Supporting a Positive Research Culture in Experimentation", Dublin, Ireland, 8 June

[Vessela Daskalova]

Dear ESA Colleagues

We (members of the Behavioural and Experimental Group at the School of Economics and the Behavioural Science and Policy Group at University College Dublin) invite submissions to the upcoming workshop on "Supporting a Positive Research Culture in Experimentation". The workshop is partially funded by a UCD ReCLAIM grant.

We are delighted to have Anna Dreber Almenberg, University of Stockholm as a confirmed keynote speaker.

Experimentation is a crucial tool for research and collecting causal evidence in various fields such as economics, political science, psychology, environmental science, agriculture, biology, medicine, and many others. Recent concerns about the trustworthiness and replicability of findings in various fields have highlighted that how we do experiments matters. 

A positive and reflective research culture will raise questions around the role of pre-registration, replication, publication biases, ethics, pilot experiments, incentivization in experiments, interpretation of findings, peer review processes, reacting to challenges and learning from failures. 

We welcome submissions of abstracts or full papers on any of the above or other relevant methodological/ metascience topics. 

• Workshop date: 8 June 2026
• Where? University College Dublin, Ireland
• To submit a paper e-mail: sprce.wor...@gmail.com
• Submission deadline: 31 March
• Notifications of acceptance by: 15 April

There is no workshop fee. We have limited funding to cover travel and accommodation for a few of the participants. Dublin is a great place to visit in June.

Looking forward to your submissions.

The Organizers

Vessela Daskalova

Oana Peia

Margaret Samahita

Marta Talevi