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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 3d

We are excited to welcome you all tomorrow from 10.00 to 17.30!

Just a reminder that the location is Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512 PN. If you’d like to type it into your maps, here is the link - www.google.com/maps/place/U....

The livestream can be found here - youtube.com/live/UaCo7O0....

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 12

Registrations are now open for the 2025 Trial and Error Award Symposium!

On October 7th, we will gather at the University Museum Utrecht to explore failure in the context of scientific research.

We hope you'll join us and register for the event here: trialanderror.org/symposium-20

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 15d

Big News!
The Journal of Trial and Error is officially listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)! 🎉

After years of hard work, our mission is now even more accessible to researchers worldwide.

🌟Find us here: doaj.org/toc/2667-120...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 22d

Have you reflected on how to combat widespread misinformation in your community? This recently published article may have just the suggestion!

The authors of the reflection discuss the gamified ‘inoculation’ game in rural India.

Read more here:
journal.trialanderror.org/pub/gamified...

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 27d

Would you like to support and celebrate yours and other ‘failures’ in science that contribute to the advancement of methodological and sound scientific research?

Look out for more updates and announcements regarding the symposium!

You can register on our website-
trialanderror.org/symposium-2025.

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · 27d

Would you like to support and celebrate yours and other ‘failures’ in science that contribute to the advancement of methodological and sound scientific research?

Look out for more updates and announcements regarding the symposium!

You can register on our website-
trialanderror.org/symposium-2025.

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Sep 10

Would you still participate in a study if there was no financial reward?

This study shows how different incentivization strategies affect participation in Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) studies.

You can read more here: journal.trialanderror.org/pub/incentiv....

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Sep 9

In an interview with Skepter, our Editor-in-chief @Sarahanne Field discusses the importance of publishing on ‘failures’: null results, flawed experiments, and boring outcomes. Read it (in dutch!) in skepsis.nl/skepter-cove...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Sep 4

Did you know that tomorrow, September 5th, is International Day of Charity?

Support our mission to remove financial barriers to the dissemination of open-access science and help us keep our research freely available by donating here: trialanderror.org/donate

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Sep 3

Proposal submissions for our Special Issue on the Role of Failure and Uncertainty in Open Education remain open!

Read more, including examples of potential contribution topics, and submit your proposal via journal.trialanderror.org/pub/call-fai... before September 30th, 2025, at 17:00 (CET).

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 28

Good news - we have extended the deadline for proposal submissions for our Special Issue on the Role of Failure and Uncertainty in Open Education!

Read more and submit your proposal via journal.trialanderror.org/pub/call-fai... before September 30th, 2025, at 17:00 (CET).

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 27

Reminder to register for the Trial and Error Award Symposium!

More is to come regarding the event in later posts. Look out for more updates and announcements regarding the symposium!

You can register on our website here:
trialanderror.org/symposium-2025

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 26

We recently published an article by Moin Syed that examines and reveals gaps in how editors and reviewers check preregistration during the review process.

Read more here:
journal.trialanderror.org/pub/check-pr...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 22

The last week is approaching for submission in our Special Issue on the Role of Failure and Uncertainty in Open Education!

Read more and submit your proposal via journal.trialanderror.org/pub/call-fai... before August 31st, 2025, at 17:00 (CET).

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 20

Check out this article written in Science.

In science fields where predictions inevitably lean too optimistic, that is where our Journal comes in. We publish unexpected results, which may provide the missing data required for accuracy.

Read about NeuralPLexer here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 19

We recently published a new reflection on the Horizon 2020 Project!

In this reflection article, Martijn van der Meer challenges the adequacy of communication strategies using expert knowledge to increase vaccination uptake.

Read the article here:
journal.trialanderror.org/pub/signific...

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 15

Reminder to register for the Trial and Error Award Symposium!

In addition, read our previous and following posts for more updates and announcements regarding the special day.

You can register on our website here:
trialanderror.org/symposium-2025

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 12

Check out this article written in Nature, which follows a survey conducted by its publisher, Springer Nature.

You can help us by informing others that this journal is a platform where they can publish these works.

Read more about the article here:
stories.springernature.com/the-state-of...

Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 12

Registrations are now open for the 2025 Trial and Error Award Symposium!

On October 7th, we will gather at the University Museum Utrecht to explore failure in the context of scientific research.

We hope you'll join us and register for the event here: trialanderror.org/symposium-20

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 7

Deadline approaching for submission in our Special Issue on the Role of Failure and Uncertainty in Open Education!

Read more and submit your proposal via journal.trialanderror.org/pub/call-fai... before August 31st, 2025, at 17:00 (CET).

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Aug 4

New post! In this Cultures of Trial and Error blog, Anne Clinio explores Open Notebook Science through the work of Jean-Claude Bradley, who imagined a more transparent and collaborative way of doing science, that includes failure, doubt, and revision.

blog.trialanderror.org/the_promise_...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Jul 2

Deadline extended!

Nominate work on failure or with negative/null results in science for the Trial and Error Award - now open until July 15!

Winner will be announced at the symposium on Oct. 7th.

Nominate now > trialanderror.org/awards-2025-...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Jun 30

In 2024, a surgical journal published a case study set on Saturn. This thought experiment sparked debate among science sleuths: What counts as a legitimate correction to the scientific record?

Read our latest blog post by Mady Barbeitas:
blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...

JOTE x NanoBubbles

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Jun 26

New reflection on the Dutch STRIDER trial!
Despite hopes, prenatal sildenafil showed no benefit for fetal growth restriction - and even increased risks. This article looks back at a sub study using RNA sequencing to understand why.

Read the article here:
journal.trialanderror.org/pub/transcri...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Jun 20

Education reform is difficult, and in constant tension with tradition. For a special issue on Open Education, proposals and submissions are open, read more here: journal.trialanderror.org/pub/call-fai...

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Center of Trial and Error @trialanderror.org · Jun 13

Nominations for the 2025 T&E award are closing soon! Celebrating the importance of ‘failed research’, nominations for the Award are open until June 30th! trialanderror.org/awards-2025-...