Becoming Institutional Member

The interdisciplinary LMU Open Science Center (OSC) has the mission to promote and foster open research practices at the LMU and beyond. Open research practices encompasses e.g. preregistration of studies, sharing data, materials, analysis scripts for computational reproducibility, and providing the published results in an open access format. Overall, open research practices increase the transparency, efficiency, and credibility of research. The OSC has 4 lines of work:

provide peer-to-peer training
build a community of practice to develop consensus and spread norms
liaise with stakeholders to inform on the design of incentives and policies so they align with the adoption of open research practices
evaluate research practices across disciplines through meta-research projects

OSC Institutional Members that provide financial support get priority in the following activities:

seats in multiple-day intensive courses
seats in train-the-trainer programmes
seats in short workshops offered during semester times
consultations with graduate schools to integrate open research training in their curriculum
consultations with hiring committees to redesign their research assessment criteria
consultations to create public statements or internal recommendations for their teams
grant writing consultations when applying for funds with open research requirements

Please let the OSC coordinator Dr. Malika Ihle , or the OSC managing director Prof. Felix Schönbrodt , know if you have any questions regarding our activities or if you want to discuss terms of membership.