What is ReproducibiliTea?

ReproducibiliTEA is an international journal club initiative that helps researchers create local Open Research groups that discuss issues, papers and ideas to do with improving science. For more information see the ReproducabiliTea Wiki pages and the main page. ReproducibiliTEA has now also joined up with UK Reproducibility Network.

Keep an eye on this page, or join our Teams site for news about upcoming 2025-26 sessions.

If you have any suggestions for papers that the group can discuss, please fill out the form here.

The sessions are open to anybody interested in robust research practice, reproducibility, replication, open science, and transparency. In each session, we will discuss a paper relating to one of these themes. We will also have guest speakers running seminars about reproducibility and open science practice.

How do I get involved?

The best way to be part of the Southampton ReproducibiliTea community (or communiTea, if you please!) and stay up to date with when our sessions are running is by joining our Microsoft Teams group by emailing one of the team members whose contact details are below:

  • Kate Goldie k.f.goldie@soton.ac.uk

We are currently looking for PGR and ECR representatives to help spread the word about ReproducibiliTea, and to get involved in facilitating upcoming sessions. We welcome researchers from any discipline to take up this role. This is a great opportunity to build your network, grow your skills in open research, and be a part of a friendly, supportive community. Please email Kate (k.f.goldie@soton.ac.uk) for an informal chat if you are interested.

ReproducibiliTea sessions ’23-’24

31st January 2024, 12.30-14.00 UKRI report on Research Culture initiatives (UKRI-180124-ResearchCultureInitiativesInTheUK.pdf)
9th May 2024, 12.30-13.30 Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science? (Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science? (nature.com))

Please note: the Southampton UKRN team is not a Library initiative, it has members drawn from all areas of the University and the Research Data team in the Library supports its endeavours (and not just because we like tea and cake!). The former leads were Sophie Hall and Pip Grylls, who now have moved on to different positions outside the university.