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📅 Feb 28 | 11AM — Writing Back: Peer Review with Agency workshop w/ @amandadiekman.bsky.social & Dorainne Green

See you there! 🏡 #PeerReview #Psychology"

Our community has a packed schedule at #SPSP2026 in Chicago! 📍 Come find us:

📅 Feb 27 | 9:30AM — Advancing Inclusion in Publishing panel, organized by @frankikung.bsky.social, moderated by @mattgoldrick.bsky.social, with Eranda Jayawickreme, Alison Ledgerwood, Christian Unkelbach & Yuen Huo

Huge shoutout to @frankikung.bsky.social for being featured on The Great IO Get-Together! Franki spotlighted the amazing work behind Reviewer Zero. Watch the episode here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2sn...

Announcement graphic for the 2026 Troland Research Award featuring M. J. Crockett of Princeton University. On the right, a photo of M. J. Crockett, a person with short curly hair wearing a rust-colored shirt, smiling at the camera. On the left, a collage of research figures and diagrams representing their work. The dark green background displays the text "2026 Troland Research Award" at the bottom, with the National Academy of Sciences logo in the bottom right corner.

Huge congrats to our own @mjcrockett.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences!

The award recognizes outstanding early-career researchers in experimental psychology. So well deserved!

#Psychology #MoralCognition #Science

Huge congratulations to our committee member @mattgoldrick.bsky.social on receiving the Cognitive Science Society’s Elman Prize! Matt’s research and service have made lasting contributions to cognitive science. We’re thrilled to see his work recognized.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/

Editor Learning Community with Reviewer Zero Join Reviewer Zero for a learning community to support editors who are interested in improving psychology and neuroscience by including a broader range of people, topics, and methods. Our goal is to c...

We’re excited to announce the launch of the third cohort of our Editor Learning Community!

This ELC will create a space for editors to share strategies, challenges, and opportunities to improve peer review — read more here: go.iu.edu/8wnE

Interested editors can complete our interest survey here:

Big Congratulations @ethankutlu.bsky.social!!! ✨🌱✨

Want to join our organizing committee? There's still time to apply!

You’re ready to submit your first paper. What happens next?

Our workshop, Peer Review 101: Responding Effectively to Reviews, will help you understand how peer review works and provide you with concrete tools so you can respond to a reviewer comments.

Join us 12-1:30pm ET 10/30/25. Register here:

🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh

We're so excited to host this editor community conversation THIS WEEK! There's still time to register here:

northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for a dialogue on advancing diversity, inclusivity, and equity in developmental psychology publications. Photos left to right, top row: Sudha Arunachalam, Editor-in-Chief, Language Acquisition; Shauna Cooper, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Child Development; Vaishali Raval, Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Adolescence; Leher Singh, Co-Editor-in_Chief, Developmental Science. Bottom row: Sponsored by Reviewer Zero, "We're reimagining peer review to grow a diverse new generation of scholars in psychology and neuroscience." Matt Goldrick Moderator. QR code and link for registration.

How can developmental science journals promote equity, transparency, and shared responsibility?

Join us August 13, 2pm ET, for “Editors for an Inclusive Future: A Community Conversation” tinyurl.com/DevEditors @lehersingh.bsky.social ‪@mattgoldrick.bsky.social

Trainee Interest for Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR) To participate in FAIR, you must be an early career researcher (undergraduate to post-doc) in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field. We offer multiple ways to engage in FAIR, depending on your...

📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?

Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?

Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!

👇 Learn more & apply:

go.iu.edu/rzfair

We're so excited for this free, online workshop about peer review happening TOMORROW! Join us using the registration link below 👇

What strategies can you use to provide effective peer reviews?

Join us for a virtual workshop with @blackinneuro.bsky.social! We'll discuss the structure & content of peer reviews & provide advice about how to write your first review.

Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989

In just one hour, we will illuminate the hidden curriculum of peer review in this free, interactive webinar — there's still time to register!

We're excited for our upcoming Peer Review 101 Workshop NEXT WEEK! Join us by registering via the link below 👇

You’re ready to submit your first paper. What next? Join @reviewerzero.bsky.social 3:30 Eastern Sept 24 for Peer Review 101: Responding Effectively to Reviews, a free interactive webinar based on examples from cognitive science. Register: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#PeerReviewWeek

Shifting the culture of peer review with Reviewer Zero Our work engages with editors, reviewers, and authors to create cultural shifts in scientific peer review to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in psychology and neuroscience. As peer review prac...

There is increasing interest in openness in peer review.

But to ensure equity, diversity, and inclusion, we need to ask critical questions:

Who is being asked to be “open” and at what cost?

How should we promote openness and transparency without exacerbating inequities?

Check out our post below!

Reviewer Zero will be at SIOP this year! Members @mattgoldrick.bsky.social, @frankikung.bsky.social, & Shahana Ansari will conduct hands-on activities to help attendees cultivate concrete strategies for "How to be the Reviewer You Always Wanted." We hope to see you on 4/20/24, 12pm in Hyatt Hall 1!

In collaboration with HSP, Reviewer Zero’s @mattgoldrick.bsky.social will be hosting this virtual workshop on How to Respond to Peer Review in 1 week! Register for a spot today!

We’re excited to develop partnerships with @simine.com and the rest of the Psych Science team!

Read more about our work here: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

TOMORROW's the day! We can't wait for this collab with @blackinneuro.bsky.social where members of our team @mariamaly.bsky.social and @mattgoldrick.bsky.social will talk about navigating peer review. Register today to join us!

There are many biases in peer review. Shifting peer review culture to be more fair and inclusive requires changes at multiple levels.

We highlight how faculty mentors can use their power to enact such change. Read more in our paper at Nature Reviews Psychology!

We are SO excited for this workshop collaboration with @blackinneuro.bsky.social where Reviewer Zero's @mattgoldrick.bsky.social and @mariamaly.bsky.social will illuminate the hidden curriculum of peer review! Register for the event now!

We're happy to join the Bluesky community! At Reviewer Zero, we are working to reimagine peer review to be more equitable and inclusive. How would you change the current peer review system to improve diversity and inclusion in science? We share some of our ideas here osf.io/e7z5k/