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ECR Research on Research Seminar Series (ECR RoRSS)

1 Mar – 31 Dec 2026

We’re launching a new series of online talks by early career researchers (ECRs) on metascience / research on research topics (in their broadest senses). Each talk could be focused on completed research you want to share, work in progress you want to brainstorm with colleagues, or ideas for advancing metascience or future research you’d like […]

Replication

12 Oct 2026, 3pm–4pm

Exploring the real-world impact of failed replications across science and AI

Desk Rejection: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group

14 Oct 2026, 3pm–4pm

This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into Desk Rejection, the practice whereby staff at a funding agency screen applications early in the process and remove those that are unlikely to succeed, without sending them out for external peer review. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space for research […]

Viewpoints

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Meta Morsels 1

17 Sep 2026

A selection of new and notable writing on metascience

Disruption eruption

1 Sep 2026

Dispute about the validity of a metric for scientific innovation highlights the need for open research approaches in metascience

The value of RoRI really lies in the projects… RoRI is a living example of transdisciplinary research.

Jon Holm, Research Council of Norway (RCN)

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