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In a new @wonkhe.bsky.social piece, RoRI fellows Anna Butters and @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy explore distributed peer review - and what it can (and can’t) fix: wonkhe.com/blogs/a-new-...
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a new @wonkhe.bsky.social piece, RoRI fellows Anna Butters and @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy explore distributed peer review - and what it can (and can’t) fix: wonkhe.com/blogs/a-new-...
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NEW on Wonkhe: Tom Stafford and Anna Butters show that an alternative approach to funding evaluation is possible – its name is distributed peer review buff.ly/XVwMKu0
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Tom Stafford and Anna Butters show that an alternative approach to funding evaluation is possible – its name is distributed peer review buff.ly/XVwMKu0
⚙️ New RoRI paper: AI and Reviewer Matching in Research Funding
How are funders using AI to match grant applications with reviewers? Three case studies from SNSF, Fundación “la Caixa”, and NWO explore real-world approaches and trade-offs: tinyurl.com/y8a6vfdn
How are funders using AI to match grant applications with reviewers? Three case studies from SNSF, Fundación “la Caixa”, and NWO explore real-world approaches and trade-offs: tinyurl.com/y8a6vfdn
December 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
⚙️ New RoRI paper: AI and Reviewer Matching in Research Funding
How are funders using AI to match grant applications with reviewers? Three case studies from SNSF, Fundación “la Caixa”, and NWO explore real-world approaches and trade-offs: tinyurl.com/y8a6vfdn
How are funders using AI to match grant applications with reviewers? Three case studies from SNSF, Fundación “la Caixa”, and NWO explore real-world approaches and trade-offs: tinyurl.com/y8a6vfdn
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Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: Outcomes From A Public Forum To Discuss The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) Publishing Model – ASAPbio
At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and
asapbio.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
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📆 Mark your calendars! On January 13, our colleagues Judit Varga and Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner will give a webinar on how narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice. Sign up with the link below 👇
Upcoming RoRI webinar: Do Narrative CVs really change research evaluation?
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
December 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📆 Mark your calendars! On January 13, our colleagues Judit Varga and Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner will give a webinar on how narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice. Sign up with the link below 👇
Upcoming RoRI webinar: Do Narrative CVs really change research evaluation?
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Upcoming RoRI webinar: Do Narrative CVs really change research evaluation?
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
Why do research projects sometimes end up somewhere unexpected?
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
Why researchers change direction - and what funders should do about it - Research on Research
New insights from 21 biomedical researchers
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December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why do research projects sometimes end up somewhere unexpected?
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
In a new blog post, RoRI research fellow Josie Coburn shares findings from 21 interviews with biomedical scientists: researchonresearch.org/why-research...
How can science advice remain effective when misinformation spreads rapidly and expertise is increasingly contested?
Last week, we explored this in a seminar on communicating science advice in the age of populism, co-hosted by RoRI, UCL STEaPP, and Wellcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20H...
Last week, we explored this in a seminar on communicating science advice in the age of populism, co-hosted by RoRI, UCL STEaPP, and Wellcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20H...
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
How can science advice remain effective when misinformation spreads rapidly and expertise is increasingly contested?
Last week, we explored this in a seminar on communicating science advice in the age of populism, co-hosted by RoRI, UCL STEaPP, and Wellcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20H...
Last week, we explored this in a seminar on communicating science advice in the age of populism, co-hosted by RoRI, UCL STEaPP, and Wellcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20H...
🇬🇧 Big news for UK metascience: the government is trebling the UK Metascience Unit’s budget to £49m.
"This represents a resounding vote of confidence in the value and opportunities of metascience to improve the way the UK funds, manages and evaluates research", says RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social
"This represents a resounding vote of confidence in the value and opportunities of metascience to improve the way the UK funds, manages and evaluates research", says RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🇬🇧 Big news for UK metascience: the government is trebling the UK Metascience Unit’s budget to £49m.
"This represents a resounding vote of confidence in the value and opportunities of metascience to improve the way the UK funds, manages and evaluates research", says RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social
"This represents a resounding vote of confidence in the value and opportunities of metascience to improve the way the UK funds, manages and evaluates research", says RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social
RoRI joined colleagues in Pisa to explore stronger coordination across publishing and research assessment reform: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
RoRI joined colleagues in Pisa to explore stronger coordination across publishing and research assessment reform: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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🧑🔬📰🧑💻🗞 More hearing and including; sticking to and digging into first-hand data over PR; transparent and persistent relationship-building; and not painting the public as The Problem.
Iinsightful ensemble @rorinstitute.bsky.social panel on scicomm vis-a-vis populism, at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
Iinsightful ensemble @rorinstitute.bsky.social panel on scicomm vis-a-vis populism, at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧑🔬📰🧑💻🗞 More hearing and including; sticking to and digging into first-hand data over PR; transparent and persistent relationship-building; and not painting the public as The Problem.
Iinsightful ensemble @rorinstitute.bsky.social panel on scicomm vis-a-vis populism, at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
Iinsightful ensemble @rorinstitute.bsky.social panel on scicomm vis-a-vis populism, at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
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👀Interesting to see the budget earlier this week confirming funding for @ukri.org trial of #DistributedPeerReview, we featured a post from @rorinstitute.bsky.social discussing their recent work on the subject back in September 👇
Distributed Peer Review – How the wisdom of the crowd can allocate grant funding - Impact of Social Sciences
New research shows engaging the applicants in funding review processes can resolve and reframe many issues facing peer review.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
👀Interesting to see the budget earlier this week confirming funding for @ukri.org trial of #DistributedPeerReview, we featured a post from @rorinstitute.bsky.social discussing their recent work on the subject back in September 👇
@metaror.bsky.social is now 1 year old 🎉
In our first year: 28 articles evaluated, 59 expert reviewers, most reviews published ahead of target, 9 partner journals, and growing visibility across conferences & media.
A strong start for community-owned, open peer review: metaror.org/metaror-turn...
In our first year: 28 articles evaluated, 59 expert reviewers, most reviews published ahead of target, 9 partner journals, and growing visibility across conferences & media.
A strong start for community-owned, open peer review: metaror.org/metaror-turn...
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@metaror.bsky.social is now 1 year old 🎉
In our first year: 28 articles evaluated, 59 expert reviewers, most reviews published ahead of target, 9 partner journals, and growing visibility across conferences & media.
A strong start for community-owned, open peer review: metaror.org/metaror-turn...
In our first year: 28 articles evaluated, 59 expert reviewers, most reviews published ahead of target, 9 partner journals, and growing visibility across conferences & media.
A strong start for community-owned, open peer review: metaror.org/metaror-turn...
UCL’s @geoffmulgan.bsky.social kicks off tonight’s seminar on ‘Science in a populist age’ at @wellcometrust.bsky.social, with a stellar line-up inc @helenpearson.bsky.social @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @alokjha.bsky.social. We’ll post the video online soon. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-ad...
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
UCL’s @geoffmulgan.bsky.social kicks off tonight’s seminar on ‘Science in a populist age’ at @wellcometrust.bsky.social, with a stellar line-up inc @helenpearson.bsky.social @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @alokjha.bsky.social. We’ll post the video online soon. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-ad...
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The latest @rorinstitute.bsky.social/STEaPP seminar 'Science advice in a populist age' has a stellar line up to discuss this critical topic. Book now for 01 Dec to avoid disappointment. Free, but places are limited. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-ad...
Science advice in a populist age
How should science advice adapt to an age of populism? A UCL-STEaPP Seminar in partnership with RoRI and hosted by Wellcome
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November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The latest @rorinstitute.bsky.social/STEaPP seminar 'Science advice in a populist age' has a stellar line up to discuss this critical topic. Book now for 01 Dec to avoid disappointment. Free, but places are limited. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-ad...
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It has been an honour to partner with @rorinstitute.bsky.social in our mission to make peer review and curation of metascience more robust, transparent, and equitable.
🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach.
Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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MetaROR Turns One - MetaROR
An exciting year of open, community-driven evaluation of metaresearch One [...]
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November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It has been an honour to partner with @rorinstitute.bsky.social in our mission to make peer review and curation of metascience more robust, transparent, and equitable.
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Huge congratulations to @sarahderijcke.nl on her appointment as Rector Magnificus @unileiden.bsky.social! Sarah is a brilliant scholar, a visionary & compassionate leader. I’m excited to see her channel her experience, wisdom & insight into this vital role www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University
Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Professor Hester Bijl, who will become Rector Magnificu...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Huge congratulations to @sarahderijcke.nl on her appointment as Rector Magnificus @unileiden.bsky.social! Sarah is a brilliant scholar, a visionary & compassionate leader. I’m excited to see her channel her experience, wisdom & insight into this vital role www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Join RoRI Co-Chair @ludowaltman.bsky.social in Cambridge on 3 Dec, where he'll be a keynote at a forum exploring the Publish, Review, Curate model.
The event will showcase initiatives and discuss how this model can shape the future of scholarly communication: coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
The event will showcase initiatives and discuss how this model can shape the future of scholarly communication: coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Join RoRI Co-Chair @ludowaltman.bsky.social in Cambridge on 3 Dec, where he'll be a keynote at a forum exploring the Publish, Review, Curate model.
The event will showcase initiatives and discuss how this model can shape the future of scholarly communication: coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
The event will showcase initiatives and discuss how this model can shape the future of scholarly communication: coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
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Work by @rorinstitute.bsky.social project team has been peer reviewed openly on the @metaror.bsky.social platform.
Nice demonstration of the commitment of RoRI colleagues to MetaROR's publish-review-curate model!
Nice demonstration of the commitment of RoRI colleagues to MetaROR's publish-review-curate model!
How are national systems for assessing publicly funded research evolving? That's the question our latest article poses.
Reviewers consider the work "valuable and timely", noting its relevance to reform initiatives like @coarassessment.bsky.social
👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full article here
Reviewers consider the work "valuable and timely", noting its relevance to reform initiatives like @coarassessment.bsky.social
👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full article here
A new typology of national research assessment systems: continuity and change in 13 countries
metaror.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Work by @rorinstitute.bsky.social project team has been peer reviewed openly on the @metaror.bsky.social platform.
Nice demonstration of the commitment of RoRI colleagues to MetaROR's publish-review-curate model!
Nice demonstration of the commitment of RoRI colleagues to MetaROR's publish-review-curate model!
We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦.
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦.
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
RoRI’s AFIRE Sprints are back! 🌏 Join our Asia/Pacific-friendly sprint on AI in research funding, starting on 12 November. Funders and AI enthusiasts welcome.
Find out more: docs.google.com/presentation...
Find out more: docs.google.com/presentation...
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
RoRI’s AFIRE Sprints are back! 🌏 Join our Asia/Pacific-friendly sprint on AI in research funding, starting on 12 November. Funders and AI enthusiasts welcome.
Find out more: docs.google.com/presentation...
Find out more: docs.google.com/presentation...
Representing RoRI at #AIS25, Denis Newman-Griffis shares insights from our Handbook on Responsible AI for Research Funders at the first European AI in Science Summit.
You can access the handbook here: rori.figshare.com/articles/boo...
You can access the handbook here: rori.figshare.com/articles/boo...
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Representing RoRI at #AIS25, Denis Newman-Griffis shares insights from our Handbook on Responsible AI for Research Funders at the first European AI in Science Summit.
You can access the handbook here: rori.figshare.com/articles/boo...
You can access the handbook here: rori.figshare.com/articles/boo...
RoRI's Helen Buckley Woods reflects on the growing push to regulate research security in response to geopolitical tensions, sharing insights from the European Flagship Conference on Research Security: researchonresearch.org/research-sec...
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RoRI's Helen Buckley Woods reflects on the growing push to regulate research security in response to geopolitical tensions, sharing insights from the European Flagship Conference on Research Security: researchonresearch.org/research-sec...
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#SSHRC, CIHR and Michael Smith Health Research BC have awarded more than 2.7 million in funding through the Research-on-Research Joint Initiative. 14 teams will be researching meta-research - the study of how research itself is funded, practiced, and shared. sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#SSHRC, CIHR and Michael Smith Health Research BC have awarded more than 2.7 million in funding through the Research-on-Research Joint Initiative. 14 teams will be researching meta-research - the study of how research itself is funded, practiced, and shared. sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
"Could there be a risk of research becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy if we make decisions based on algorithms?" asks RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social in Chemistry World, discussing Funding the Frontier, a new AI tool mapping how funding shapes science: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-tool...
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Could there be a risk of research becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy if we make decisions based on algorithms?" asks RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social in Chemistry World, discussing Funding the Frontier, a new AI tool mapping how funding shapes science: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-tool...