Dr. Christopher R. Chartier

In response to the reproducibility crisis, some in the field have called for a “CERN for Psychology.” I believe the time is right for building just such a tool in psychology science by building on current efforts to increase the use of multi-site collaborations.

What would a CERN for Psych look like? It certainly would not be a massive, centralized facility housing multi-billion dollar equipment. It would instead be comprised of a distributed network of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of individual data collection laboratories around the world working collaboratively on shared projects. These projects would not just be replications efforts, but also tests of the most exciting and promising hypotheses in the field. With StudySwap, an online platform for research resource exchange, we have taken small steps to begin building this network.

Ideally, a CERN for Psych would also have a democratic and decentralized process for the selection of projects…

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Published by Carlos A. Rivera

Psychologist (BSc, Iberoamerican University, Mexico; MA, PhD University of Essex) with a particular interest in psychology, experimental social psychology of politics, and political behaviour. Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. As a political psychology consultant, I transform experimental behavioural research into political strategies. Using experimental and survey-based tools, I examine the psychological mechanisms behind political behaviours–including but not limited to voting, partisanship, party identity, policy and government approval–to foster a thorough understanding of public opinion and develop successful political communication strategies.

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