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Fallon Mody

@fallonmody.bsky.social

Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne (Australia), & MetaMelb research group. Interested in and works on History & Philosophy of Science / Metascience #metasci, current board member of AIMOS

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New in Proceedings B, led by Jaspreet Singh: "Comparing expert assessments of research quality between the Global North and East Africa"

royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

We found that Kenyan assessors were more optimistic about the quality of 80 papers than were Global North assessors 1/

08.12.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"This Issue stems from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund, designed to bridge the social & natural sciences, promote equity, diversity & inclusion & support work with policy relevance. This diversification of the CE field strengthens its capacity to positively shape global futures"

04.12.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d)

ZPID Trier: Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d) leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 #Stellenangebot

25.11.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Sri Lanka is my original home, and it is so beautiful. We were just there a few months ago. If you have any spare dollars, consider donating to the cyclone response!. It has been devastating for a country already in a huge cost of living crisis: 1.6 million people displaced, 356 still missing.

04.12.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Following up from @drjbeaudry.bsky.social's wonderful recap email yesterday, here is the group photo from #AIMOS2025. If you couldn't make this this year, we hope to see you next year in beautiful Wellington!

02.12.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been an honour to partner with @rorinstitute.bsky.social in our mission to make peer review and curation of metascience more robust, transparent, and equitable.

22.11.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can metadata curation count as experimental practice? We answer in this new paper on data reanalysis in #plant #spacebiology, a major outcome of #PHIL_OS & Paola CastaΓ±oβ€˜s collaboration w NASA’s open data team! #philsci, #data, #experimentation, #modelling, #ISS. OA version: doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...

12.11.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Job opportunity β€” Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social

26.11.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ† Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)

24.11.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

A HUGE congratulations to @simine.com! Everyone in the MetaMelb team @unimelb.bsky.social are so proud.

24.11.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of tweet from the ARC saying they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes on Tuesday 25th Nov.

Screenshot of tweet from the ARC saying they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes on Tuesday 25th Nov.

ARC says they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 25th Nov).

In recent times these announcements have been around 11am Canberra time. With 2 schemes on the same day, I assume they’ll announce one of them later in the day (probably DECRA first).

23.11.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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Hey folks! We're running a big repliCATS workshop in Melbourne on 16 Dec, evaluating of replicability of published papers.

🐈 metascience, psych, med, health, education, sociol, quant methods, stats ECRs welcome
πŸ’° AU$200
🎫 + travel subsidies
ℹ️ forms.gle/9JvoRBKCzYyY...

Re-posts appreciated 🌈

30.10.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - MetaROR MetaResearch Open Review MetaResearch Open Review MetaResearch Open Review A new platform designed to transform how we review and share metaresearch A new platform designed to transform

MetaROR, a platform for reviews of research on research, is a success! We have published 24 sets of reviews and have 16 submissions in process. MetaROR now has 9 partners - these are journals that agree to use our reviews when authors submit to them. metaror.org #metascience #openaccess

26.10.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am very excited to be working on this project! Can’t wait to get started :)

29.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting new metascience project just funded, led by AIMOS founder @fidlerfm.bsky.social, Kate Williams, and James Wilsdon.

28.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Back in aus, in time for PAX!

10.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ger standing in front of the title slide of his presentation

Ger standing in front of the title slide of his presentation

Ger Post presenting on his PhD research, on using repliCATS to teach critical thinking to first semester intro psych undergraduate students (in a class of 1800 students!)
#SIPS2025

26.06.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A group of people sitting at a table at a restaurant

A group of people sitting at a table at a restaurant

MetaMelb lab at #SIPS2025!
@fidlerfm.bsky.social @juliabottesini.com @tomhardwicke.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @bethclarke.bsky.social @wchiggins.bsky.social @fallonmody.bsky.social

25.06.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey SIPS folks, we want to run a small repliCATS pilot on Day 0 (24 June) in Budapest to get feedback on our latest project! Join @fidlerfm.bsky.social & @fallonmody.bsky.social for a 2-hour session, with catered lunch + 50 euro visa card. More details here: forms.gle/Z7p7PqA5vqpC...

29.05.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Why Trump’s push for β€˜gold-standard science’ has researchers alarmed Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research.

"Gold standard science" is becoming a ubiquitous Trump administration catchphrase. Many scientists say the administration is flipping the script -- using the language of improving science to damage it. @briannosek.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social

Gift link:
wapo.st/43VGY52

31.05.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last week of class for Science, Philosophy & Society, where we've been exploring what counts as "gold standard evidence", replication crisis, uncertainty, and the limits of epistemic ideals in practice. I'm going to use this thread for discussion in class - thanks Nicole :)

30.05.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am really looking forward to SIPS, and I hope many original repliCATS participants have a few hours on Day 0 for us to pick your brains about our next repliCATS project & give us feedback on our new platform. Deets below πŸ‘‡

30.05.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad to be speaking at this meeting about research integrity, which will flow nicely into the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference later that week, with a broader remit into metascience, openness, and transparency!

15.05.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”œ Metascience 2025, hosted by UCL and RoRI from June 30 to July 2, will unite 650 participants to discuss innovations, institutions, and alliances in metascience, with proposals due by February 7, 2025. ⏳

πŸ—¨οΈ More details: opusproject.eu/openscience-...

#OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenResearch

14.01.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia Food adulteration with toxic chemicals is a global public health threat. Lead chromate adulterated spices have been linked with lead poisoning in many…

This is just so scary. Turmeric is a daily staple for pretty much all South Asian and South Asian migrant families... I want names, brands, something I can tell my Sri Lankan family in Colombo!!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

04.12.2024 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This essay is going straight into the reading list for 'A History of Nature'. The idea that Wheat may/may not have agency led to some of the most robust discussions in class. This essay is going to be excellent scaffolding, especially for science students taking a history subject for the first time

27.11.2024 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Adding a second starter pack here since we ran out of capacity with the first one: go.bsky.app/NeZvnb5

16.11.2024 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is the starter pack for folks in science of science, meta science, STS, philosophy of science, history of science, economics of science, science policy, AI+science, and so on.

Feel free to nominate and self-nominate!

#SciSci #STS #MetaScience #SciPol #AI4Science #ScAISci

go.bsky.app/2R1E4TD

15.11.2024 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 4

Would love to be added. And also @replicats.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social please :)

26.11.2024 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we add @replicats.bsky.social to this list?

22.11.2024 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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