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29 Jan 2026
RoRI has published a new short video series featuring RoRI researchers and collaborators exploring what metascience is, how it relates to open science, and how it intersects with AI. What is Metascience? James Wilsdon (RoRI Director and Professor of Research Policy at UCL STEaPP) and Helen Buckley Woods (Senior Research Fellow at RoRI) introduce the […]
17 Dec 2025
Matthew Lucas (on left) with James Wilsdon, Nosisa Dube and other RoRI colleagues in Hannover, Germany for the December 2023 RoRI Consortium Meeting We are pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Lucas as RoRI’s new Co-Chair, and to thank Gert Balling as he comes to the end of his term in the role. Matthew […]
11 Dec 2025
Drawing on 21 interviews with biomedical scientists, RoRI Research Fellow in Metascience Josie Coburn examines what prompts researchers to pivot their research Following years of research policy predominantly focused on scientific productivity and excellence, there has been increasing interest in the direction of research and a shift towards targeting research towards addressing societal needs. In […]
4 Dec 2025
The UK government has announced a major increase in funding for metascience over the next four years, including a trebling of investment in the UK Metascience Unit to £49 million. The initiative aims to strengthen the use of rigorous scientific methods to improve science policy and research practices. This announcement follows the publication of two […]
3 Dec 2025
On 1 December, we explored how science advice can adapt in an era of populism, disinformation, and rapidly shifting public trust, in a seminar co-hosted by RoRI, UCL’s Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), and the Wellcome Trust. Speakers included: Helen Pearson (Senior Editor, Nature and author of the forthcoming book Beyond Belief: How […]
21 Nov 2025
One year ago, the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS) launched MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review): a community-owned platform designed to transform how metaresearch is shared, reviewed, and evaluated. Today, as we mark MetaROR’s first anniversary, we’re celebrating what the community has built together: faster, more transparent […]
4 Nov 2025
RoRI Core Partners The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Michael Smith Health Research BC have announced $2.7 million in funding to 14 research teams over the next three years through the Research-on-Research Joint Initiative. Recipients of this funding will explore a variety of important topics, […]
3 Nov 2025
RoRI Senior Research Fellow Helen Buckley Woods attended the first European Flagship Conference on Research Security, held in Brussels and hosted by the European Commission alongside 12 stakeholder associations. Bringing together over 500 participants from across Europe, the event explored how to safeguard research amid shifting geopolitical dynamics, and what this means for openness and […]
15 Oct 2025
The Government of New Zealand has announced a major reform of its research and innovation system, including plans to create a single national research funding agency. The new body – Research Funding New Zealand – will consolidate decision-making currently dispersed across three public funders, with the aim of reducing bureaucracy and increasing focus on impact. […]
