In this talk, Dr Manuela Thomae will discuss recent developments in meta-scientific approaches to reproducibility in psychology. Along with a short summary of the findings presented in the Science paper entitled 'Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science' (Open Science Collaboration, 2015), she will discuss some scientific and media responses to the project findings, as well as ways forward, such as the recent Many Labs and Pipeline Projects.

Dr Thomae’s research focuses predominantly on group processes and intergroup relations. In particular, Dr Thomae works within the framework of Allport’s (1954) intergroup contact hypothesis, applying intergroup contact ideas to gender relations. Further research topics include the impact of disparagement humour on humour actors, audiences and targets, and experimental games in non-WEIRD contexts. Dr Thomae has also recently started working on interpersonal tolerance as an independent psychological construct, and ways tolerance can be measured and operationalised.

Dr Thomae is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Winchester, UK. She previously held appointments at The Open University (UK) and Canterbury Christ Church University (UK). In 2005, Dr Thomae graduated with a German Diploma in Psychology from the University of Jena (Germany) and an MSc in Social and Applied Psychology from the University of Kent (UK). She completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Kent in 2011 and will embark on an MA in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding at the University of Winchester in autumn 2016.