Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
@grinschglsandra.bsky.social
Researcher & Lecturer @ Uni Bern
Psychology of Digitalisation
Main focus on human-technology interaction
Open Science enthusiast
www.sandragrinschgl.com
Psychology of Digitalisation
Main focus on human-technology interaction
Open Science enthusiast
www.sandragrinschgl.com
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Voluntary retraction remains a key way to put scientific self-correction into practice. Zhu and Holmes (2024) did the right thing when they realized that some of their results were based on a coding error.
Original: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
With retraction: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Original: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
With retraction: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Voluntary retraction remains a key way to put scientific self-correction into practice. Zhu and Holmes (2024) did the right thing when they realized that some of their results were based on a coding error.
Original: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
With retraction: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Original: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
With retraction: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention
Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...
arxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue for The Psychologist magazine called "Psychology needs a ... revolution".
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
Psychology needs… an AI revolution | BPS
Psychology is in the midst of an AI revolution. But it’s not the one it needs, argues Jamie Cummins.
www.bps.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue for The Psychologist magazine called "Psychology needs a ... revolution".
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
Today in "did we take this joke too far?":
@malte.the100.ci @grinschglsandra.bsky.social and I will jointly teach two lecture series this year:
Psychology of Digitalisation: Everything is Computer
Digitalisation of Psychology: Computer is Everything
(really)
Also, new lab logo
@malte.the100.ci @grinschglsandra.bsky.social and I will jointly teach two lecture series this year:
Psychology of Digitalisation: Everything is Computer
Digitalisation of Psychology: Computer is Everything
(really)
Also, new lab logo
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today in "did we take this joke too far?":
@malte.the100.ci @grinschglsandra.bsky.social and I will jointly teach two lecture series this year:
Psychology of Digitalisation: Everything is Computer
Digitalisation of Psychology: Computer is Everything
(really)
Also, new lab logo
@malte.the100.ci @grinschglsandra.bsky.social and I will jointly teach two lecture series this year:
Psychology of Digitalisation: Everything is Computer
Digitalisation of Psychology: Computer is Everything
(really)
Also, new lab logo
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Creating and validating standardized R project structures that are psych-DS compliant-ish
Making psychological code and data FAIR is hard, in part because different projects organize their code and data very differently.
Sometimes this is for good reasons, such as due to the demands of a g...
mmmdata.io
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
I’m in! Please share. This is a small ask where if enough people come together we can fight those who are trying to disrupt a valuable platform
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
forms.gle
August 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I’m in! Please share. This is a small ask where if enough people come together we can fight those who are trying to disrupt a valuable platform
Check out this cool new package which I will likely also use for my "R u Ready" data wrangling and analyses class. 🐖
{truffle} is an R package for teaching users to process data.
Semi-realistic psychological datasets with predetermined effects (via `truffles_` functions) are then hidden in common data processing headaches (via `dirt_` functions) for students to clean and analyze.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
Semi-realistic psychological datasets with predetermined effects (via `truffles_` functions) are then hidden in common data processing headaches (via `dirt_` functions) for students to clean and analyze.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Check out this cool new package which I will likely also use for my "R u Ready" data wrangling and analyses class. 🐖
🤓In an interview for the @nzz.ch, I presented my perspective on the idea of "AI making us stupid" 🤖: www.nzz.ch/technologie/...
Macht KI dumm? Die einfache Antwort ist: Ja
Wer mit Chat-GPT Mathe lernt, bekommt schlechtere Noten. Wer damit Recherchen durchführt, vergisst das erarbeitete Material bald wieder. Nun zeigt die frühe Forschung zu Lernen im KI-Zeitalter: Es gin...
www.nzz.ch
July 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🤓In an interview for the @nzz.ch, I presented my perspective on the idea of "AI making us stupid" 🤖: www.nzz.ch/technologie/...
Thanks to the @improvingpsych.org team for the great conference in beautiful (and very hot) Budapest #SIPS2025
Closing Rreflection. This June, I chaired #SIPS2025 in Budapest 🇭🇺, celebrating 10y of @improvingpsych.org. It was a vibrant & inspiring meeting. We hosted workshops, hackathons, lightning talks, & unconferences on topics from AI & theory building to radical transparency, detecting data fabrication.
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks to the @improvingpsych.org team for the great conference in beautiful (and very hot) Budapest #SIPS2025
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- Calling students enrolled at German unis (SHK/SHB) -
FORRT project seeks multiple research assistants for 12 months (remote & flexible). Tasks:
🖥️ Code tools for replication alerts
🌍 Coordinate hackathons & projects
🎤 Help with qualitative interviews
Get in touch if are interested in any of these!
FORRT project seeks multiple research assistants for 12 months (remote & flexible). Tasks:
🖥️ Code tools for replication alerts
🌍 Coordinate hackathons & projects
🎤 Help with qualitative interviews
Get in touch if are interested in any of these!
May 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
- Calling students enrolled at German unis (SHK/SHB) -
FORRT project seeks multiple research assistants for 12 months (remote & flexible). Tasks:
🖥️ Code tools for replication alerts
🌍 Coordinate hackathons & projects
🎤 Help with qualitative interviews
Get in touch if are interested in any of these!
FORRT project seeks multiple research assistants for 12 months (remote & flexible). Tasks:
🖥️ Code tools for replication alerts
🌍 Coordinate hackathons & projects
🎤 Help with qualitative interviews
Get in touch if are interested in any of these!
📢 PostDoc Wanted @unibern.bsky.social!
Arbeite gemeinsam mit @malte.the100.ci, @michaelschulte.bsky.social und mir an der digitalen Transformation der Hochschulbildung.
📩 Mehr Infos & Bewerbung: www.psychjob.ch/job/postdoc-...
Arbeite gemeinsam mit @malte.the100.ci, @michaelschulte.bsky.social und mir an der digitalen Transformation der Hochschulbildung.
📩 Mehr Infos & Bewerbung: www.psychjob.ch/job/postdoc-...
Postdoc (80%) im Bereich Digitalisierung und Hochschuldidaktik
Die Abteilung für Psychologie der Digitalisierung des Instituts für Psychologie der Universität Bern vergibt per 1. Mai 2025 eine auf 17 Monate befristete Stelle als PostDoc (80%) Als PostDoc (m/w/d) ...
www.psychjob.ch
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📢 PostDoc Wanted @unibern.bsky.social!
Arbeite gemeinsam mit @malte.the100.ci, @michaelschulte.bsky.social und mir an der digitalen Transformation der Hochschulbildung.
📩 Mehr Infos & Bewerbung: www.psychjob.ch/job/postdoc-...
Arbeite gemeinsam mit @malte.the100.ci, @michaelschulte.bsky.social und mir an der digitalen Transformation der Hochschulbildung.
📩 Mehr Infos & Bewerbung: www.psychjob.ch/job/postdoc-...
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WE ARE HIRING!
Are you interested in LLMs, metascience, and their intersection?
We’re hiring a full time postdoc on a three-year contract to help us develop, evaluate, and extend RegCheck (regcheck.app), our app for automatically comparing research papers with their preregistrations.
Are you interested in LLMs, metascience, and their intersection?
We’re hiring a full time postdoc on a three-year contract to help us develop, evaluate, and extend RegCheck (regcheck.app), our app for automatically comparing research papers with their preregistrations.
RegCheck
RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.
regcheck.app
January 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
WE ARE HIRING!
Are you interested in LLMs, metascience, and their intersection?
We’re hiring a full time postdoc on a three-year contract to help us develop, evaluate, and extend RegCheck (regcheck.app), our app for automatically comparing research papers with their preregistrations.
Are you interested in LLMs, metascience, and their intersection?
We’re hiring a full time postdoc on a three-year contract to help us develop, evaluate, and extend RegCheck (regcheck.app), our app for automatically comparing research papers with their preregistrations.
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
Very proud of the lab and the extended Cake Club members for winning this prize!
@ianhussey.bsky.social @grinschglsandra.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social @tomwillems.bsky.social @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci and others not here
@ianhussey.bsky.social @grinschglsandra.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social @tomwillems.bsky.social @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci and others not here
Congratulations to @malte.the100.ci for winning the inaugural PubPeer $1000 Monthly Prize for the best comment!
December brought many excellent contributions, but Malte's journal club discussion truly stood out.
pubpeer.com/publications...
December brought many excellent contributions, but Malte's journal club discussion truly stood out.
pubpeer.com/publications...
January 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Very proud of the lab and the extended Cake Club members for winning this prize!
@ianhussey.bsky.social @grinschglsandra.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social @tomwillems.bsky.social @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci and others not here
@ianhussey.bsky.social @grinschglsandra.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social @tomwillems.bsky.social @taymalsalti.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci and others not here
Good start into the new year - our CakeClub was awarded for the best comment on @pubpeer.com in December 🤓
Congratulations to @malte.the100.ci for winning the inaugural PubPeer $1000 Monthly Prize for the best comment!
December brought many excellent contributions, but Malte's journal club discussion truly stood out.
pubpeer.com/publications...
December brought many excellent contributions, but Malte's journal club discussion truly stood out.
pubpeer.com/publications...
January 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Good start into the new year - our CakeClub was awarded for the best comment on @pubpeer.com in December 🤓
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
We read this paper in our journal club, and found it interesting and an illustrative contribution to statistical education. There were a few points that we think the authors could address to strengthen it. Full summary of our journal club on @pubpeer.com: pubpeer.com/publications...
December 6, 2024 at 8:01 PM
We read this paper in our journal club, and found it interesting and an illustrative contribution to statistical education. There were a few points that we think the authors could address to strengthen it. Full summary of our journal club on @pubpeer.com: pubpeer.com/publications...
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
The program for the 7th Perspectives on Scientific Error workshop is now online, and we have opened registration. Come join us in Bern to talk about errors, hype, negligence and fraud in science! errorsin.science
7th Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop
Save the date: PSE7 will take place on February 5-7, 2025 in Bern, Switzerland.
errorsin.science
October 30, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The program for the 7th Perspectives on Scientific Error workshop is now online, and we have opened registration. Come join us in Bern to talk about errors, hype, negligence and fraud in science! errorsin.science
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Send your abstract for a poster, talk, workshop, or other (surprise us!) to the 7th Perspectives on Scientific Error workshop, Feb 5-7 2025 in Bern, Switzerland. Submission deadline: September 20.
errorsin.science
errorsin.science
7th Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop
Save the date: PSE7 will take place on February 5-7, 2025 in Bern, Switzerland.
errorsin.science
August 27, 2024 at 2:38 PM
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Send your abstract for a poster, talk, workshop, or other (surprise us!) to the 7th Perspectives on Scientific Error workshop, Feb 5-7 2025 in Bern, Switzerland. Submission deadline: September 20.
errorsin.science
errorsin.science
Today was my last day @universityofgraz.bsky.social before moving on to @unibern.bsky.social. In 4 years, I not only had great collaborations, fun at teaching, but also made good friends, such as @sci-gab.bsky.social! Big thanks to all my colleagues for providing such a great work environment!
April 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Today was my last day @universityofgraz.bsky.social before moving on to @unibern.bsky.social. In 4 years, I not only had great collaborations, fun at teaching, but also made good friends, such as @sci-gab.bsky.social! Big thanks to all my colleagues for providing such a great work environment!
Exciting upcoming event: eso.org/sci/meetings... This online conference targets the impact of chatGPT-like technologies on astronomy 💫. One day focuses on the psychological perspective, namely the impact of these technologies on cognition. Looking forward to many registrations! 🤓
March 10, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Exciting upcoming event: eso.org/sci/meetings... This online conference targets the impact of chatGPT-like technologies on astronomy 💫. One day focuses on the psychological perspective, namely the impact of these technologies on cognition. Looking forward to many registrations! 🤓
It was a pleasure to contribute to this great guide 🤓 Especially thanks to Priya for your great work!
So excited to announce our "Easing into Open Science" guide for journal editors is now published in Research Integrity in Peer Review 🎉
Thanks to all my coauthors who made it really fun to lead my first big collaborative project 🧡
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s410...
Full guide: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Thanks to all my coauthors who made it really fun to lead my first big collaborative project 🧡
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s410...
Full guide: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
March 1, 2024 at 3:27 PM
It was a pleasure to contribute to this great guide 🤓 Especially thanks to Priya for your great work!
On Wednesday we hosted a super exciting event - "Open Science meets AI". Big thanks to our panelists @gaertneranne.bsky.social, @janalasser.bsky.social, Tony Ross-Hellauer, and (vice-)rectors Joachim Reidl & Horst Bischof. Big shoutout to my co-hosts Ziva Korda, @sci-gab.bsky.social & Hilmar Brohmer
February 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
On Wednesday we hosted a super exciting event - "Open Science meets AI". Big thanks to our panelists @gaertneranne.bsky.social, @janalasser.bsky.social, Tony Ross-Hellauer, and (vice-)rectors Joachim Reidl & Horst Bischof. Big shoutout to my co-hosts Ziva Korda, @sci-gab.bsky.social & Hilmar Brohmer
More than excited to co-host this event 🔥
The Graz Open Science Initiative is hosting a discussion round on Open Science X AI on Jan 31. We have great contributors and would love your insights and ideas! There's only a few seats left though. So if you're in Graz, be sure to sign up soon: tinyurl.com/OSxAIgraz
January 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
More than excited to co-host this event 🔥
Reposted by Sandra Grinschgl, (she/her)
80% des wissenschaftlichen Personals in Österreich arbeitet befristet - Tendenz steigend! Mehr Dauerstellen schaffen - jetzt! #unterbau #BessereUnis #IchBinHanna #Höchstbefristungsquote
December 18, 2023 at 7:12 PM
80% des wissenschaftlichen Personals in Österreich arbeitet befristet - Tendenz steigend! Mehr Dauerstellen schaffen - jetzt! #unterbau #BessereUnis #IchBinHanna #Höchstbefristungsquote