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RoRI selects the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research to lead FAIRware initiative to promote open research outputs.

24 May 2021

RoRI selects the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research to lead FAIRware initiative to promote open research outputs. The Research on Research Institute (RoRI) has appointed the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) to help deliver the RoRI FAIRware project, an initiative to develop new open research tools. Specialising in systems and software design, the Stanford […]

RoRI PARTNER | Fondazione Telethon joins the RoRI Consortium

21 Nov 2020

Research on Research Institute Welcomes New Strategic Partner | Fondazione Telethon to strengthen efforts to understand career pathways and incentive structures in research. The Research on Research Institute (RoRI) is delighted to announce that Fondazione Telethon are the newest addition to the RoRI consortium of Strategic Partners. Fondazione Telethon (FT) is one of the major […]

Science and Society, 20 years on: legacy and lessons for a post-Covid world

22 Sep 2020

This year marks twenty years since the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee published its seminal report on Science and Society. Produced in the wake of high-profile challenges to the authority of British science – over BSE and GM crops – the report diagnosed a “crisis of confidence” in science and technology, and called for […]

RoRI and FAIRsFAIR to partner on ‘FAIRware’ initiative

21 Sep 2020

RoRI and FAIRsFAIR to partner on ‘FAIRware’ initiative | Funders across UK, Europe and Canada join forces to develop new open research tools. The European Commission’s FAIRsFAIR project and the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) will partner on a new initiative to build open source software tools and systems with the potential to transform uptake of the […]

RoRI WORKING PAPER | The changing role of funders in Responsible Research Assessment (RRA)

18 Aug 2020

Responsible Research Assessment: progress, obstacles and the way ahead A new RoRI Working Paper presents the findings of a new survey of Responsible Research Assessment policies and practices in the participant organisations of the Global Research Council (GRC)—most of which are national public funding agencies—with responses from 55 organisations worldwide. Encouraging interim results of different vaccine […]

RoRI announces partners and first wave of projects

25 Jun 2020

Launched in September 2019, the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) is an international consortium of research funders, academics, research organizations and technologists which aims to champion transformative research on research systems, concepts, cultures, careers and decision-making. Following an intense period of consultation and co-design, we are excited to unveil our first wave of projects, which […]

The Missing £4 Billion – new report

28 May 2020

In the UK, as in other countries, geographical imbalances in economic performance are exacerbated by regional imbalances in R&D spending. A new report for the innovation foundation Nesta, co-authored by Richard Jones (University of Manchester and Associate Director, RoRI) and Tom Forth (Open Data Institute Leeds) outlines 12 recommendations for “levelling up” prosperity and harnessing R&D to redress longstanding regional economic inequality. The report […]

Responsible metrics & the future of research assessment

20 May 2020

May 2022 was a momentous month for research funding in the UK, with the release of the results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), the periodic assessment used as the basis for allocating around £2 billion of quality-related research funding to UK universities each year. RoRI has been active in providing expert analysis of […]