Discussions of the replication crisis in psychology require more substantive analysis of the crisis of academic labour and of social reproduction in the university. Both the replication crisis and the crisis of social reproduction in the university describe a failure in processes of reproducing something. The financial crisis of 2007–8 shortly preceded the emergence of the replication crisis, as well as exacerbated ongoing tendencies in the organisation and practices of university research (particularly the use of precarious contracts and the adjunctification of research). These provide two reasons to address these two named crises together. But many analyses of and responses to the replication crisis turn to research culture, often at the expense of adequate investigations of research labour. Today’s psychological sciences are made through multiple forms of labour: these include researchers, who range from senior principal investigators to sub-contracted, and exploited, research assistants; research participants/subjects, who include those providing labour for experiments via exploitative platforms including Amazon Mechanical Turk; and workers providing heterogeneous technical and administrative labour. Through understanding what is at stake for these multiple forms of labour, psychology might better analyse problems besetting psychology today, as well as develop different imaginaries and practices for how to address them.

讨论心理学中的复制危机需要对大学中的学术劳动和社会再生产危机进行更实质性的分析。大学中的复制危机和社会再生产危机都描述了复制过程中的失败。2007-8 年的金融危机在复制危机出现之前不久，并加剧了大学研究的组织和实践的持续趋势（特别是使用不稳定的合同和研究的辅助）。这为一起解决这两个命名危机提供了两个理由。但许多对复制危机的分析和应对都转向了研究文化，往往以牺​​牲对研究劳动力的充分调查为代价。今天的心理科学是通过多种形式的劳动完成的：其中包括研究人员，从高级首席研究员到转包和被剥削的研究助理；研究参与者/受试者，包括那些通过包括亚马逊机械土耳其人在内的剥削平台为实验提供劳动力的人；以及提供异类技术和行政劳动力的工人。通过了解这些多种劳动形式的利害关系，心理学可能会更好地分析当今困扰心理学的问题，并为如何解决这些问题制定不同的想象和实践。其中包括那些通过 Amazon Mechanical Turk 等剥削性平台为实验提供劳动力的人；以及提供异类技术和行政劳动力的工人。通过了解这些多种劳动形式的利害关系，心理学可能会更好地分析当今困扰心理学的问题，并为如何解决这些问题制定不同的想象和实践。其中包括那些通过 Amazon Mechanical Turk 等剥削性平台为实验提供劳动力的人；以及提供异类技术和行政劳动力的工人。通过了解这些多种劳动形式的利害关系，心理学可能会更好地分析当今困扰心理学的问题，并为如何解决这些问题制定不同的想象和实践。