Open Science
Daryl has been a keen advocate of promoting Open Science practices through his work as Chair of the British Psychological Society's Research Board (2015-2021), Convenor of the European Federation of Psychology Associations Board of Scientific Affairs (2017-2021), joint Editor-in-Chief of Psychology and Health (2011-2019) and now as Editor-in-Chief of Cogent Psychology.
New podcast (Feb 2024): Daryl is interviewed by Nick Sheppard and Ruth Winden for their Research Culture Uncovered talking about his own journey through open research. Listen here.
Daryl's presentation at our very own University of Leeds entitled "Preregistration and the Architecture of Science" in July 2021
Daryl gives presentation entitled "Psychological science as a trailblazer for science" at Replicability and Reproducibility Event at the Royal Society in London (2018).
What might Leonardo da Vinci have made of open science and preregistration? Find out here :-)
Open Science-related publications
Segerstrom, S., Diefenbach, M., Hamilton, K., O’Connor, D.B., Tomiyama, A.J. and the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. (2023). Open Science in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: A Statement from the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. Now published simultaneously by Psychosomatic Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology. preprint
Psychosomatic Medicine Open Science Working Group. (2023). Editorial: Open Science in Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85, 220. [Kupper, N., O’Connor, D.B., Segerstrom, S]. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001189
Bosnjak, M., Fiebach, C., Mellor, D., Muller, S., O’Connor, D.B., Oswald, F.L., & Sokol-Chang, R. A. (2022). A Template for Preregistration of Quantitative Research in Psychology: Report of the Joint Societies Preregistration Task Force. American Psychologist, 77, 601-615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000879 preprint.
O’Connor, D.B. (2021). Leonardo da Vinci, pre-registration and the architecture of science: Towards a more open and transparent research culture. Health Psychology Bulletin, 5, 39-45. http://doi.org/10.5334/hpb.20. pdf.
O’Connor, D.B. (2020). The future of health behaviour change interventions: Opportunities for open science and personality research. Health Psychology Review, 14, 176-181. pdf
Norris, E., & O’Connor, D.B. (2019). Science as behaviour: Using a behaviour change approach to increase uptake of Open Science. Psychology and Health, 34, 1397-1406. pdf
Joint Psychological Societies Preregistration Template
Daryl is Editor-in-Chief of Cogent Psychology. This journal offers registered reports, brief replication reports and promotes open science practices, as well as all other regular publishing formats. Find out more below.
Past news and statements on Open Science initiatives
Open Data: Position Statement by the British Psychological Society