Metascience 2025 Conference

Metascience 2025 Conference

University College London

Metascience 2025 brings together researchers, funders, policymakers, and innovators to explore how the research process can be improved. The program includes ten virtual pre-conference symposia and six plenary sessions, covering topics from policy change to AI in research.

Recordings will be posted here as they become available. Check back regularly to watch sessions on demand.

Speakers
Community
Dr Gowri Golapakrishna
Florian Naudet
Caitlin Bakker
Prof Melissa L. Rethlefsen
Dr Sean Grant
David Mellor
Katie Corker
Dr Suzanne Stewart
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Forging new institutions and alliances
Jul 2
Center for Open Science
University College London

Forging new institutions and alliances

Tim Errington, Center for Open Science
Anastasia Gamick, Convergent Research
+3 speakers
Diverse knowledge and open infrastructures
Jul 2
University of Edinburgh
European Research Council

Diverse knowledge and open infrastructures

Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh
Maria Leptin, European Research Council
+3 speakers
Synergies, next steps & plans for 2027
Jul 2
University College London
Center for Open Science

Synergies, next steps & plans for 2027

James Wilsdon, University College London
Denys Kurbatov, Deputy Minister of Education & Science, Ukraine
+3 speakers
Taking stock of the science of science
Jul 1
Addgene
Georgia Institute of Technology

Taking stock of the science of science

Chonnettia Jones, Addgene
Cassidy Sugimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology
+3 speakers
AI in science: Accelerating discovery?
Jul 1
University College London
DeepMind (United Kingdom)

AI in science: Accelerating discovery?

Geraint Rees, University College London
Anna Koivuniemi, DeepMind (United Kingdom)
+3 speakers
Metascience-powered policymaking
Jun 30
University College London
National Commission on Research Science and Technology

Metascience-powered policymaking

James Wilsdon, University College London
Lord Patrick Vallance
+3 speakers
Frontiers of funding: Evidence, experiments, and reforming assessment
Jun 30
Swiss National Science Foundation
Wellcome Trust

Frontiers of funding: Evidence, experiments, and reforming assessment

Katrin Milzow, Swiss National Science Foundation
John-Arne Røttingen, Wellcome Trust
+4 speakers
Catalysts of Change: How can Metascience and Interdisciplinary Research Empower ECRs?
Jun 27
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University of Cologne

Catalysts of Change: How can Metascience and Interdisciplinary Research Empower ECRs?

Anna Leung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Elen Le Foll, University of Cologne
+2 speakers
What's new about Novelty?
Jun 25
RAND Europe
University of Sussex

What's new about Novelty?

Teodora Chis, RAND Europe
Sarah Otner, University of Sussex
+1 speaker