"Postdoc at the University of Bern helping validate RegCheck.app and doing other metascience things."
Bern, Switzerland
Hi, I'm Beth 👋
I am a Postdoc at the University of Bern, where I'm helping to validate RegCheck. My metaresearch examines how research methods and practices have been changing in psychology (especially social and personality psychology) over the replication crisis.
Interests
⚡️ Metaresearch, research methods, statistics
⚡️ Social and personality psychology
⚡️ Science communication
Research
RegCheck: A tool for automating comparisons between study registrations and papers
Cummins, J., Clarke, B., Hussey, I. & Elson, M. (2026)
arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.13330
P-curving social and personality psychology experiments: Changes from 2006 to 2019
Clarke, B., Perfecto, H., Park, A. B., Gonzalez, F. J., O'Donnell, M., Schiavone, S. R., Bottesini, J. G., Nelson, L., & Vazire, S. (2026)
PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/txzeu_v1
Do Researchers Claim Their Findings Are Applicable to the Real World? An Empirical Study of Social and Personality Psychology Articles
Clarke, B., Sajjad, A., Moodie, N., & Vazire, S. (2025)
PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zjkcy_v1
The prevalence of direct replication articles in top-ranking psychology journals
Clarke, B., Lee, P. Y., Schiavone, S. R., Rhemtulla, M. & Vazire, S. (2024)
American Psychologist (Advance online publication.). https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001385
Looking our limitations in the eye: A tutorial for writing about research limitations in psychology
Clarke, B., Alley, L. J., Ghai, S., Flake, J. K., Rohrer, J. M., Simmons, J. P., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2024)
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(7), e12979. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12979
What limitations are reported in short articles in social and personality psychology?
Clarke, B., Schiavone, S. R., & Vazire, S. (2023)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(4), 874–901. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000458
Prevalence of transparent research practices in empirical psychology articles published in 2022: A cross sectional study.
Hardwicke, T. E., Thibault, R. T., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., Crüwell, S., Schiavone, S. R., Handcock, S., An Nghiem, K., Mody, F. Eerola, T. & Vazire, S. (2024)
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241283477
An empirical appraisal of eLife’s assessment vocabulary.
Hardwicke, T. E., Schiavone, S. R., Clarke, B., & Vazire, S. (2024)
PLOS Biology, 22(8), e3002645. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002645
How do psychology journals handle post-publication critique? A cross-sectional study of policy and practice..
Whamond, A., Vazire, S., Clarke, B., Moodie, N., Schiavone, S. R., Thibault, R. T., & Hardwicke, T. E. In press
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251366102
Dynamics of social experiences in the context of extended lockdown.
Tran, A., Bianchi, V., Moeck, E. K., Clarke, B., Moore, I., Burney, S. J. H., Koval, P., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Greenaway, K. H. (2023)
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(4), 395–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231176603
The prejudices of expert evidence.
Chin, J., Cullen, H. J., & Clarke, B. (2022)
Monash Law Review, 48(2), 59–96. https://doi.org/10.26180/21899295.v2
Education
The University of Melbourne
PhD in Psychology
Jan 2022 - Dec. 2025
Studying the state of social and personality psychology from three perspectives:
- Estimating the prevalence of direct replication articles in top psychology journals
- Analyzing and describing common practices in statistical reporting in experimental social psychology
- Describing the types of claims authors make about how their findings can be applied to real world contexts
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Completed with First Class Honours, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy
- Honours thesis: What limitations are reported in short reports in social and personality psychology?
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