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The ManyBabies consortium was born in 2015 committed to Open Science and to collaborative research practices that allow teams to test hypotheses about infant development that individual labs could perhaps never adequately test. You can read the blog post that led to the formation of ManyBabies here.
MB's collaborative nature implies that all project decisions (e.g., research question, study design, stimulus creation, piloting, data collection, analysis, interpretation of the findings, and writing) are made using a consensus-based approach.
We strive for an environment of trust and equality that can engage researchers from a broad spectrum of backgrounds. To learn more about MB's vision for the role of large-scale collaborations, see Frank et al. (2017) and Byers-Heinlein et al. (2020).
All MB contributors are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct. Please read the Code of Conduct for a full description of our pledge, standards, responsibilities, and scope.
ManyBabies projects aim to test hypotheses about:
ManyBabies contributors come from 50+ nations on 6 continents (View the MB Contributor Dashboard)
- Governing Board Members: Responsible for governance decisions, including decisions about funding, new projects, and other project-wide concerns (see current members here)
- Project Leads: Coordinate all aspects of a study (e.g., setting up work groups, guidelines) and ensure that all aspects adhere to the MB Code of Conduct (see Project Leads here)
- Project Contributors: Create stimuli, protocols, analysis code, and any other relevant tasks
- Data Contributors: Collect data following an experimental protocol
- Committee Members: Help develop policies, initiatives, etc.
Learn how to join or update info on the MB Contributor Dashboard.
ManyBabies gratefully acknowledges funding from:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, through a Partnership Development Grant (Application materials available here)
- Association for Psychological Science, through a grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation [MB1]
- Jacobs Foundation [MB1-Africa]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [MB2]
- Kindness.org [MB4I]
- Einstein Foundataion Berlin [MB5]
- The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) has recognized the contribution of MB1 towards improving research practices and honored the project with a Mission Award at their 2019 annual conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- The Einstein Foundatation Berlin awarded MB5 Project Leads Jessica Kosie and Martin Zettersten with the 2021 Early Career Award.
We encourage everyone who is interested in developmental research to get involved! Access to infants/infant lab is NOT a prerequisite for contributing to an MB project.
All collaborators are encouraged to join the MB Contributor Dashboard or update your information.
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