2023 was a year. I entered the year partway through my tenure as SIPS president. I have always been ambivalent about being in leadership roles. I don’t particularly feel the need to be in charge, though like anyone, I do like being heard, and I like helping other people be heard.

I had the honor to deliver the opening address to the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science on June 22, 2023 in Padova, Italy, in my capacity as president. The following are my prepared remarks. (I also have a version of this on PsyArXiv.) Something they don’t tell you about presidential addresses is that they’re a little bit self-serving.

Shortly after beginning my involvement with the Open Science Movement, I was at a conference talking to another early career researcher, someone I had just met.

I was catching up on Everything Hertz when I landed on “Swiping Right” episode on academic rejection. Listening to how Dan and James handle rejection got me thinking about how I deal with academic rejection and what strategies may be more useful for folks, especially younger academics who are still trying to find their way. Let’s face it: academics face a lot of rejection.

Every few months the same debate pops up in the open science circles in my Twitter feed, and we go round and round about whether people in general should sign their manuscript reviews. (The last time I saw it, it was an interesting Everything Hertz episode.

I recently read Dr. Rachel Kowert’s A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: The Essential Guide to Understanding How Video Games Impact Your Child’s Physical, Social, and Psychological Well-Being . This roughly 100-page guide is for parents who are interested in the research on video games.