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Research Careers & Research Funding
15 Oct 2026
11th November 12-1pm GMT/ 1-2pm CET Part of the ECR Research on Research Seminar Series. ‘Opening up’ evaluations of research(er) quality: the case of narrative-style CVs in Dutch research funding Marta Sienkiewicz In their commitment to responsible research assessment, many research funders experiment with narrative-style CV formats in their grant funding evaluations. These new evaluative […]
How Narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice
24 Sep 2026
Narrative CVs promise reform – but do they work? Join us for a webinar discussing evidence from funding panels at major European funders
Replication
16 Sep 2026
Exploring the real-world impact of failed replications across science and AI
Interdisciplinarity & Transdisciplinarity
16 Jun 2026
Wednesday 8 July 2026 07:00 (EDT) / 12:00 (BST) / 13:00 (CEST) / 21:00 (AEST) Part of the ECR Research on Research Seminar Series. Anne-Sophie Schaltegger, ETH Zürich A social and cultural perspective on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research assessment: learning from three Swiss funding schemes Research assessment mechanisms are still considered one of the main […]
‘Lottery First’ methods: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
12 May 2026
This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into ‘Lottery First’ methods, exploring the idea of allocating research grants where random selection replaces part of the traditional ranking process. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space for research funders to delve into current issues, share experimental approaches, and discuss the […]
Distributed Peer Review: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
12 May 2026
Speakers from across the research funder community discuss their experiences of Distributed Peer Review (DPR). Jessica Biddinger (American Heart Foundation), Svenja Vandertol (NWO), Tom Stafford/Stephen Pinfield (VWS) and Sampsa Kaataja (NordForsk) share insights from DPR use at their organisations. About AFIRE RoRI’s AFIRE project aims to increase the volume and quality of funder experiments. By […]
Desk Rejection: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
12 May 2026
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 […]
AI in Funding: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
12 May 2026
Andrés F. Rodríguez, Impact and Learning Manager at Stanford Impact Labs (SIL), an impact-oriented research funder, spoke on “The role of evaluations on responsible AI use for research grant-making” Ben Steyn, Head of Metascience at DSIT and co-head of the DSIT/UKRI Metascience Unit spoke about a portfolio of UKRI projects to test the feasibility and effectiveness of AI […]
Scientific Production in the Era of Large Language Models: Early Evidence from Large-scale Preprint Data
17 Apr 2026
Tuesday 26 May at 9:00 (EDT) / 14:00 (BST) / 15:00 (CEST) Speaker: Yian Yin, Cornell University, USA About the seminar The rapid adoption of AI across disciplines is reshaping the landscape of scientific production. While both enthusiasm and concern about generative AI in research are rising, systematic empirical evidence on the impact of large […]
Past and Future of Research Funding: From Beginnings to New Developments
17 Apr 2026
Finn Luebber, Universität Lübeck, Germany About the seminar Institutionally organised research funding is a rather new development that has its roots in the beginnings of the last century. A marked increase in funding during and after World War II in the US led to an era of increased research productivity and popularized project-based peer-reviewed research […]
ECR Research on Research Seminar Series (ECR RoRSS)
27 Feb 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 […]
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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 […]
Research Careers & Research Funding
11 Nov 2026, 12pm–1pm
11th November 12-1pm GMT/ 1-2pm CET Part of the ECR Research on Research Seminar Series. ‘Opening up’ evaluations of research(er) quality: the case of narrative-style CVs in Dutch research funding Marta Sienkiewicz In their commitment to responsible research assessment, many research funders experiment with narrative-style CV formats in their grant funding evaluations. These new evaluative […]
How Narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice
16 Nov 2026, 2pm–3:15pm
Narrative CVs promise reform – but do they work? Join us for a webinar discussing evidence from funding panels at major European funders
‘Lottery First’ methods: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
16 Dec 2026, 8am–9am
This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into ‘Lottery First’ methods, exploring the idea of allocating research grants where random selection replaces part of the traditional ranking process. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space for research funders to delve into current issues, share experimental approaches, and discuss the […]
Enhancing Research Transparency
17 Dec 2026, 3pm–4pm
Part of the ECR Research on Research Seminar Series
Desk Rejection: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
24 Feb 2027, 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 […]
Past events
Cite Black Women: A Critical Praxis
17 Nov 2023, 4pm–5:30pm
Christen A. Smith (The Cite Black Women Collective) The politics of citation are often considered a purely academic, bibliographic exercise. However, the practice of citation is a keenly political one that is imbricated with race and gender politics. In this talk, we explore the politics of inequality hidden within the practice of citation by considering […]
The emerging shape of REF 2028
5 Jul 2023, 11:30am–12:30pm
Digesting, debating and delivering the outcomes of the UK’s Future of Research Assessment Programme Since 1986, UK universities have lived through eight cycles of national research assessment. Over that time, the purposes and methods of assessment have evolved and become more complex. The last Research Excellence Framework—REF 2021—involved 157 institutions submitting over 185,000 research outputs […]
Can AI predict research impacts?
15 Jun 2023, 6pm–7:30pm
The success or failure of medical research is judged by patient outcomes far downstream of the strategic decisions that initiate it. Optimising translational impact therefore relies on long range forecasting, for which no established framework exists. The evaluation of research proposals by expert appraisal of their content is undermined by difficulties with scaling, reproducibility, generalisability, […]
Invert the order! Government’s role in shaping a science superpower
18 May 2023, 6pm–7pm
What is required for the UK to stay at the cutting edge of science and technology and make harnessing its benefits our national purpose? And what role does the government have in that? Former special adviser on Science & Technology to the UK Prime Minister, James Phillips, reflects on his experiences at the nerve centre […]
Machine learning, metrics & merit: the future of research assessment
12 Dec 2022, 8am–5pm
The use of quantitative indicators and metrics in research assessment continues to generate a mix of enthusiasm, hostility and critique. To these possibilities, we can add growing interest in uses of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate assessment processes, and reduce the cost and bureaucracy of conventional methods of peer and panel-based review. […]
When priorities don’t align with needs: the case of mental health research
21 Jul 2022, 4pm–5pm
Mental ill-health and well-being are increasingly recognised as being intimately linked to a wide range of environmental and social factors. As such, the ways in which researchers approach, understand, and engage with mental health must be broad, ranging from the biophysiological mechanisms underpinning brain function, to the societal determinants which alter it. The significance of […]
The Quantified Scholar
16 Jun 2022, 3:30pm–4:30pm
Around the world, the good, the bad and the ugly in research cultures are the focus of unprecedented scrutiny and debate. Imperatives of equality, diversity, inclusion, impact, integrity and sustainability are forcing overdue change to institutions, policies and practices. But there is still a long way to go. Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, associate professor of sociology […]
