Metascience
Metascience 2025 Conference

A global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to accelerate science.

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June 30 – July 2, 2025
University College London

About

Many scholarly fields conduct descriptive research about the research process. Advocates and reformers have prescriptive ideas about how the research process might be improved. Policymakers, funders, publishers, and other stakeholders enact changes to the social and technical infrastructure of research. All have an interest in whether changes and reforms have their intended effects or unintended consequences that might accelerate or inhibit advancement, translation, and application of research. Together, these researchers and stakeholders are the research and development pipeline for improving the system and practice of research. The Metascience 2025 Conference will bring these communities together to share ideas, evidence, and foster a culture of continuous experimentation and improvement.

University College London

The Center for Open Science and the Research on Research Institute have partnered to bring the Metascience Conference to London!

Metascience 2025 will occur in London’s Knowledge Quarter, with a unique and rich mix of research, scientific, and cultural partners, facilities, and opportunities centered on a half-mile stretch of London’s Euston Road. The Research on Research Institute (RoRI), based at University College London (UCL), will be the lead local coordinating body for a collaborative effort by a consortium of London-based scientific and research institutions.

Events

Virtual Symposia

60- to 90-minute virtual events in April and May on topics related to metascience, featuring presentations, panel discussions, and community discussions with the attendees.

DISCUSSIONS

Submitted topics for informal, active conversations about the state of research and how to improve.

PANELS

60-minute invited panels addressing pressing topics for improving research culture and practice.

Talks

Invited and submitted presentations addressing research on research, culture change, initiatives to improve the system and practice, policy reform, and more.

POSTERS

Submitted research reports to stimulate informal engagement during the conference.

Program Committee

Tracey Weissgerber

University of Coimbra

Lin Zhang

Wuhan University

Ben Steyn

UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Moumita Koley

DST – Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science

Anna Dreber Almenberg

Stockholm School of Economics

Juan Mateos Garcia

DeepMind

Cameron Neylon

Curtin University

Adrian Barnett

Queensland University of Technology

Misha Teplitskiy

University of Michigan

Mario Malicki

Stanford University

Jonathan Grant

King’s College London

Sergio Salles-Filho

University of Campinas

Thandi Mgwebi

The National Research Foundation of South Africa

Taisuke Imai

Osaka University

Simine Vazire

University of Melbourne

Marcus Munafo

University of Bristol

Ronit Kanwar

Renaissance Philanthropy

Anastasia Gamick

Convergent Research

Tamarinde Haven

Tilburg University

James Wilsdon

Research on Research Institute

Stephen Curry

Research on Research Institute

Amanda Kvarven

Research on Research Institute

Ludo Waltman

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University

Alex Rushforth

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University

Tim Errington

Center for Open Science

Brian Nosek

Center for Open Science

Organizing Team

Terry Foor

Center for Open Science

Doreen Roma

Center for Open Science

Whitney Wissinger

Center for Open Science

Deborah Farmer

Research on Research Institute

Leo Garbutt

Research on Research Institute

Geanina Beres

Research on Research Institute

Peter Kolarz

Research on Research Institute