RoRI Phase 2 launch 20 June 2022

Please save the date and join us for a special online event to kickstart RoRI’s next phase.

Experiment, translate and transform: priorities for research on research will take place from 15:00-18:00 CEST (14:00-17:00 BST) on Monday 20 June 2022, and is co-hosted by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Our opening keynote speaker will be Michael Nielsen (Astera Institute and author of Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science). Michael will speak about The trouble in comparing different approaches to science funding, building on his recent paper with Kanjun Qiu on this theme.

Other speakers include: Prof. Sue Hartley OBE (Vice-President for Research, University of Sheffield); Matthias Egger (President, Swiss National Science Foundation); Sarah de Rijcke (Co-Chair of RoRI & Director, CWTS, Leiden University); Marc Schiltz (CEO of FNR—National Research Fund of Luxembourg & President, Science Europe); Alison Bourgon (Director General—Science Policy, Canadian Institutes for Health Research – TBC); Gert Balling (Novo Nordisk Foundation); & Brian Nosek (Director, Center for Open Science).

We’ll also review highlights and what we’ve learnt during RoRI’s pilot phase, and look ahead to priorities and projects for the next five years in Phase 2.