The Call for Papers for the 1st Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (WoReLa 1: https://sites.google.com/view/worela1)  is now open! 

The goal of the workshop is to build awareness of the replication crisis in linguistics and recommend specific interventions to improve it. Submissions will not just make it clear that there is a replication crisis, but also the factors associated with replicability and the greater consequences of low replication rates.

The two day workshop will take place at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on Thursday, July 3rd and Friday, July 4th, 2025. The workshop will feature three keynote speakers, oral presentations and a poster session. General presentations will occupy 30 minute time slots, with a 20 minute presentation period followed by 8 minutes for questions and 2 minutes for the changing of speakers. A 90 minute poster session will offer the opportunity for individualized, informal discussion with others in the field. Posters are especially effective for presenting work-in-progress or visually displaying results of empirical research.

Submission Guidelines

We encourage submissions on topics involving replication in the language sciences, including, but not limited to: Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, meta-scientific analyses of the literature, replication studies, methods showcases, and simulations, and/or pre-registrations and registered reports as they relate to reproducibility. Additionally, we encourage registration and attendance of any interested students or researchers, regardless of whether they have work to submit. Registration is free of charge. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (not including titles, references, and figure captions), and will be reviewed in the double-blind procedure by members of the organizing committee. Please anonymize the author's information on the abstract before submitting it. 

Invited Speakers

Timo Roettger (University of Oslo)

Bodo Winter (University of Birmingham)

Angela de Bruin (University of York)

Venue

Goethe University Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the organizing commitee: worela2025@gmail.com 

Scientific and Organizing committee:

Nasimeh Bahmanian

Andrea Listanti

Mercedes Martinez Bruera 

Elise Oltrogge 

Kyle Parrish

Ana Rita Sá Leite

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission: January 31st, 2025 at 11:59PM CET 

Notification of acceptance: February 28th, 2025

Registration deadline: May 30th, 2025 

Conference dates: July 3rd- July 4th, 2025