James Wilsdon
@jameswilsdon.bsky.social
undisciplined metascientist | executive director, Research on Research Institute @RoRInstitute.bsky.social | professor of research policy, UCL
Excited to see the Metascience Alliance going live at #Metascience2025. Tim Errington from @cos.io sets out its vision & the founding group of members (including @rorinstitute.bsky.social!)
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Excited to see the Metascience Alliance going live at #Metascience2025. Tim Errington from @cos.io sets out its vision & the founding group of members (including @rorinstitute.bsky.social!)
Stellar panel to kick off Day 2 of #Metascience2025
A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.
Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.
Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
July 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Stellar panel to kick off Day 2 of #Metascience2025
A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.
Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
A passionate & brilliant opening keynote by @crsugimoto.bsky.social surveying the outlook for US & global science.
Followed by @fidlerfm.bsky.social, John Ioannidis, Lin Zhang & Andy Stirling. Superbly chaired by Chonnettia Jones.
Our funder panel at #Metascience2025 — @wellcometrust.bsky.social @snsf.ch @aria-research.bsky.social @openphil.bsky.social @mattsclancy.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @volkswagenstiftung.de & ARC
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Brilliant to see Wellcome signing @barcelonadori.bsky.social as one of a series of impressive announcements in @jarottingen.bsky.social’s superb keynote at #Metascience2025 @wellcometrust.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brilliant to see Wellcome signing @barcelonadori.bsky.social as one of a series of impressive announcements in @jarottingen.bsky.social’s superb keynote at #Metascience2025 @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Just getting underway—Jean-Baptiste Fressoz speaking @ UCL-STEaPP & @rorinstitute.bsky.social on ‘More & More & More’ — his provocative, insightful take on the myth of energy transitions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-and-m...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-and-m...
May 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just getting underway—Jean-Baptiste Fressoz speaking @ UCL-STEaPP & @rorinstitute.bsky.social on ‘More & More & More’ — his provocative, insightful take on the myth of energy transitions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-and-m...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-and-m...
Above all: please use it! As authors, reviewers or supporters — an initiative like #MetaROR can only flourish if we as a diverse & growing metascience community (of academics, policymakers, funders, businesses & more) contribute to it!
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Above all: please use it! As authors, reviewers or supporters — an initiative like #MetaROR can only flourish if we as a diverse & growing metascience community (of academics, policymakers, funders, businesses & more) contribute to it!
By the community, for the community: #MetaROR follows the publish-review-curate model that is now gaining momentum across many fields of research.
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 PM
By the community, for the community: #MetaROR follows the publish-review-curate model that is now gaining momentum across many fields of research.
MetaROR is live! Just launched at #AIMOS2024 — our new platform designed to transform how we review and share metaresearch #MetaROR
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 PM
MetaROR is live! Just launched at #AIMOS2024 — our new platform designed to transform how we review and share metaresearch #MetaROR
We’re at #STI2024, where Alex Rushforth is kicking off our special session on ‘Can we measure research cultures?’ - linked to @rorinstitute.bsky.social’s AGORRA project on responsible research assessment researchonresearch.org/project/agor...
September 18, 2024 at 9:22 AM
We’re at #STI2024, where Alex Rushforth is kicking off our special session on ‘Can we measure research cultures?’ - linked to @rorinstitute.bsky.social’s AGORRA project on responsible research assessment researchonresearch.org/project/agor...
Paul Nurse now looking to bed in as the Joe Biden of UK science. Couldn’t agree more with these sceptical voices among the fellowship. Where’s their Kamala FRS? www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
August 22, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Paul Nurse now looking to bed in as the Joe Biden of UK science. Couldn’t agree more with these sceptical voices among the fellowship. Where’s their Kamala FRS? www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
Summary of priorities for the call here. This should be a game changer for UK work in this arena. Congratulations to all those involved in getting it over the line. @rorinstitute.bsky.social
April 30, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Summary of priorities for the call here. This should be a game changer for UK work in this arena. Congratulations to all those involved in getting it over the line. @rorinstitute.bsky.social
Go meta! Delighted to see the new £5M metascience funding call has hit the streets from UKRI, ESRC & Open Philanthropy. Projects up to £300K each. Deadline 16 July. www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
April 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Go meta! Delighted to see the new £5M metascience funding call has hit the streets from UKRI, ESRC & Open Philanthropy. Projects up to £300K each. Deadline 16 July. www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
The Research on Research Institute is hiring! 4 roles available in our core team @rorinstitute.bsky.social, based at UCL.
We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...
We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...
October 27, 2023 at 8:50 AM
The Research on Research Institute is hiring! 4 roles available in our core team @rorinstitute.bsky.social, based at UCL.
We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...
We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...
Jack’s 5 pillars of technopolitics:
1) Don’t believe the hype
2) Don’t ask if it’s intelligent; ask if it’s useful
3) Don’t just wait & see
4) Include others
5) Open up the experiment
1) Don’t believe the hype
2) Don’t ask if it’s intelligent; ask if it’s useful
3) Don’t just wait & see
4) Include others
5) Open up the experiment
October 4, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Jack’s 5 pillars of technopolitics:
1) Don’t believe the hype
2) Don’t ask if it’s intelligent; ask if it’s useful
3) Don’t just wait & see
4) Include others
5) Open up the experiment
1) Don’t believe the hype
2) Don’t ask if it’s intelligent; ask if it’s useful
3) Don’t just wait & see
4) Include others
5) Open up the experiment
Enjoying Jack Stilgoe’s professorial inaugural on the politics of AI. Here describing the Annie Get Your Gun fallacy — ‘anything you can do, AI can do better’ www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2...
October 4, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Enjoying Jack Stilgoe’s professorial inaugural on the politics of AI. Here describing the Annie Get Your Gun fallacy — ‘anything you can do, AI can do better’ www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2...