Activities of the European Network for Open Criminology for EUROCRIM2026

Advancing open research at the 26th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology

The European Network for Open Criminology has organised a series of activities at EUROCRIM2026, the 26th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in Warsaw, Poland.

1. CRIMLabs: Collaborative Replication Initiative for Many-Labs Evidence in Criminology meeting

Wednesday, September 9, 11:00am to 2:45pm, with a one-hour lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00pm, Faculty of Applied Languages - 55 Dobra Street, Room 2.164

The CRIMLabs: Collaborative Replication Initiative for Many-Labs Evidence in Criminology meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 9. Registered participants will receive some practical details in a separate email.

2. ENOC’s General Assembly Pre-conference

Wednesday, September 9, 3:00 to 4:30pm, following the CRIMLabs meeting, Faculty of Applied Languages - 55 Dobra Street, Room 2.164

Agenda for the General Assembly

1. Minutes of the 3rd annual meeting
2. Annual report of activities
3. Open Criminology Award
4. Advancing Open Science in Criminology: Two proposals
5. Membership of ENOC
6. Discussion of activities for 2026/2027
7. AOB

3. Roundtable: Repeatability in Criminology

Thursday, September 10, 10:30 to 11:45am, Faculty of Applied Languages - 55 Dobra Street, Floor: 3, Room 3.120

Repeatability is widely acknowledged as a cornerstone of science. It encompasses the reproducibility, replicability, and robustness of scientific findings. The ability of independent researchers to access research materials and obtain comparable results using the same or similar procedures is fundamental to cumulative knowledge building and to the credibility of a discipline. Yet, in criminology, many studies are difficult or impossible to repeat. Whether for legitimate reasons or less defensible ones, criminologists do not often practise open science. This limits opportunities to verify findings, assess robustness, and build confidently upon prior work, ultimately undermining the discipline’s scientific standing.

Departing from the premise that repeatability is both desirable and necessary, this roundtable aims to exchange experiences with attempts to repeat criminological research; discuss how scientific communities can navigate the opportunities and challenges of repeating criminological research; and share recommendations for increasing repeatability in the field.

Four scholars will offer brief presentations followed by a collective discussion:

• Amy Nivette will address transparency in analytical processes, highlighting how numerous methodological choices, from sampling to model selection, shape research outcomes, and will argue for opening the ‘black box’ of researcher decisions to improve interpretability and credibility.
• Alex Trinidad will discuss many-analyst studies as tools to assess analytical robustness. He will outline how independent re-analyses by multiple researchers can test the stability of findings, the practical value of this approach for criminology, and the trade-offs involved.
• Sandy Schumann will examine opportunities and challenges of direct replications. She will offer practical recommendations for conducting replications, including collaboration with original authors, and discuss how to strengthen the epistemic value of failed replications.
• Wouter Steenbeek will reflect on repeatability under restricted data access. Drawing on a computational replication, he will argue that improving repeatability requires greater transparency about data construction, versioning, and analytical dependencies, alongside the sharing of research materials.

4.ENOC Social Event — TBD Note: Details of the ENOC social event are TBD and will be confirmed during the General Assembly.

We look forward to seeing you in Warsaw and advancing open research together!

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