The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences ( BITSS) was formed in late 2012 after a meeting in Berkeley that led to the publication of an article in Science on ways to increase transparency and improve reproducibility in research across the social sciences. BITSS is part of Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action ( CEGA), and is led by development economist Edward Miguel and advised by a group of leaders in transparent research from economics, psychology, political science, and public health.