Collaborate or work with us

Why should you work with us?

We have experience & expertise

Years of experience in academia

Years experience as a metascientist

Years experience as a leader in open science

Years of experience in science communication

Scientific publications

People trained

Years experience managing communities

We have impact

People have seen our collective output

Articles written about our work in news media & blogs

Citations in policy documents & research articles

People love our approach


Our focus areas

Preprints and open science

We advocate for the increased use of preprints in the life sciences alongside open science practices

Increasing trust in research

We work on improving trust in research through increased rigour and teaching efforts

Improving academic culture

Our focus is on creating a healthier and more productive culture within academia

What are we currently working on?

Here is a small selection of just some of our active projects

  • Best practices and guidelines for the use of AI in preprints
  • Starter guide for new PhD students
  • Guide to running a preprint review club
  • Shared literature lists for our focus areas
  • Guide on dealing with academic abuse and bullying
  • New PI guide to embedding open science principles