“We’re not ditching culture”, says Helen Cross. “But we want to reset the conversation and the words got in the way.” #REF2029

Now Helen Cross from SFC sets out the rest of the #REF2029 timetable

Now Lord Vallance is back on his ‘three buckets’ theory of R&D funding Here’s @ersatzben.com on the ‘3-bucket problem’ www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-... Bucketism now the frontier of R&I policy. “We must defend the first bucket” says the Minister. A rallying cry to echo down the ages #REF2029

Now Lord Vallance joining the dots between #REF2029 reforms and wider UK R&I priorities

“We’re out of the pause. It’s back to business as usual. We’re moving forward with #REF2029” concludes Jessica Corner. And indeed, it’s a classic REF compromise!

So farewell ‘People, Culture & Environment’… And hello ‘Strategy, People & Research Environment’, or SPRE to her friends. 25% more words; 5% less weight… #REF2029

At @universities-uk.bsky.social where Dame Jessica Corner is gearing up for the big REF reveal! #REF2029

🇬🇧 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

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...

👀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 👇

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...

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤 If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 10/10

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...

Research assessment: a round-up Excellent survey of the assessment landscape by @hollyelse.bsky.social in @nature.com, including our recent work @rorinstitute.bsky.social with the Global Research Council. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @alexrushforth.bsky.social @prussianhippie.bsky.social

New in @nature.com: Funding the Frontier, an AI tool to map & predict research impacts. The piece cites RoRI's @jameswilsdon.bsky.social, who warns such algorithms risk reinforcing past successes over future potential: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🧠 Does STI policy need a strategic brain? Join us next Tuesday at UCL for a talk by @stianwestlake.bsky.social (Executive Chair, @ukri.org ESRC) on the future of UK R&D, with responses from @britishacademy.bsky.social's Molly Morgan Jones & UCL’s Sarah Chaytor: tinyurl.com/vekzka23

Does STI policy need a strategic brain? Join us at 5pm on 30 Sept for a talk by @stianwestlake.bsky.social, Executive Chair, ESRC @ukri Hosted by STEaPP-UCL & RoRI, w/ responses by @britishacademy.bsky.social’s Molly Morgan-Jones & UCL’s Sarah Chaytor www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/does-sti-p...

Very happy to announce a partnership between PLOS Biology and @metaror.bsky.social. Metaresearchers can submit their work to MetaROR, where it will be peer reviewed openly, and can then submit to PLOS Biology, which will evaluate their work based on MetaROR's peer review reports.

Excellent news piece in @nature.com providing an overview of ongoing discussions about the organization of peer review in funding allocation and scientific publishing doi.org/10.1038/d415.... @rorinstitute.bsky.social @cwts.nl

The life sciences sector plan is now out, part of the wider industrial strategy. Lots in there, but I think interesting to see how it illustrates how the Science Minister’s “three buckets” doctrine of science and innovation policy might play out... www.gov.uk/government/p...

Science of science has been used to improve research integrity and assessment. Last week I spoke at #metascience2025 calling on the community to look further, to improve interdisciplinarity, trust in science & more Our editorial adds more 🧪 @jameswilsdon.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Metascience’s big tent 🏕️ Some reflections from @scurry.bsky.social and @jameswilsdon.bsky.social after hosting #Metascience2025 last week - as we all continue digesting the insights and engaging with the interesting post-conference discussions: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

Metascience’s big tent. Some initial post-conference reflections from me & @jameswilsdon.bsky.social on lessons from #metascience2025, though there’s much still to digest. Free to read link: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

Nature editorial on the launch of the Metascience Alliance and the need to meet the moment: "Metascience is coming of age [during] phenomenal change: AI is transforming science rapidly; research budgets are being squeezed..science is being politicized and attacked." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Metascience’s challenge is to keep its big tent intact: a few final reflections on #Metascience2025 by @scurry.bsky.social & me in @resprofnews.bsky.social www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/po... @briannosek.bsky.social

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/resea... @ludowaltman.bsky.social, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social

‘Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too’. Good, thoughtful editorial in @nature.com on #Metascience2025 & the new Alliance www.nature.com/articles/d41... @helenpearson.bsky.social @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social @briannosek.bsky.social

Another interesting take on the #metascience2025 conference. Have been intrigued by the diversity of reactions – arising in part, I presume, because people took different paths through the many parallel sessions and brought different experiences & expectations to the meeting.

Some real insights into what metascience is, in these reflections from ‪@tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy‬ Includes some meta-metascience as he considers whether metascience should be seen as a discipline. www.ukrn.org/2025/07/04/e...

Why I'm more optimistic than others about metascience (or metaresearch) (I wanted to write up some thoughts on #metascience2025 but I just don't have the time so this thread will have to do.)

100% agree with Dr. Nosek that metascience should not become a discipline; back in 2023 it was call a "movement" and this year @jameswilsdon.bsky.social and others called it a "discourse coalition". All the discourse that wants to gather under this label should do so imo. bsky.app/profile/bria...

"Remembering Mario Biagioli, who articulated how scholarly metrics lead to fraud" retractionwatch.com/2025/07/03/r...

One instinct that I keep is a hope that metascience does not become a discipline of its own. Disciplines get too monocultural and self-referential. The most exciting part of metascience is that it feels a bit disorienting because of the diversity in discipline, sectors, assumptions coming together.

An interesting conceptualization of the metascience space, not at all how I have organized it in my head.

After two really enjoyable days at #Metascience2025, I wrote about how one 🌶️ moment encapsulated the controversy over metascience's issues 📑, inclusivity 🤗and future public value 🔮 #STS #AcademicSky All feedback welcome on here, or by email 😀 warrenpearce.pika.page/posts/what-i...

These are important observations. It is completely natural and understandable that a big umbrella like "metascience" comes in different "strands." I prefer to consciously include them. That is *not* to say they all have to be represented in a single conference. #metascience2025

For me, Kelvin Katukula Mubiana of Namibia’s NCRST was one of the stars of #Metascience2025. Here he is doing an interview about the conference on the NBC (Namibia’s state broadcaster) youtu.be/ZByH9Ni2VJ8?...

🎉 That’s a wrap on Metascience 2025! Three packed days of ideas, debates, and community - and we’re still buzzing from it all. We’re grateful to all who spoke, chaired, presented, posted, and participated for making #Metascience2025 such a dynamic gathering 🌍

Here are some swiftly assembled thoughts on #Metascience2025. Congratulations to the organisers. It was an excellent, full and balanced conference, bringing together many disparate strands. They threaded a complex needle really well.

This is a fascinating exuberant overview of one of the most exciting fields I've worked in in years. Kudos to the authors for putting it together. @paolocrosetto.bsky.social @MarkHanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @pagomba.bsky.social

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!)

The past, present & future of UK metascience: new paper by me, @ludowaltman.bsky.social @andre-brasil.bsky.social & Ben Steyn Published yesterday by DSIT as part of the govt’s ‘A Year in Metascience’ report assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/685bcd...

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.

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

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

Great news: At #Metascience2025 @wellcometrust.bsky.social just announced its signature of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information! Wellcome CEO John-Arne Røttingen made the important argument that open research information offers crucial evidence to support metascience. @cwts.nl

Proud of Canada's Federal Granting Agencies for sending a large contingent to #metascience2025! Below, Matthew Lucas from SSHRC presenting our work to advance #openscience, metaresearch, and responsible research assessment.

#Metascience2025 playlist — now on Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/7ur...

As we gear up to welcome 830 colleagues from 65 countries to UCL for #Metascience2025, we’re delighted to publish RoRI’s impact report, outlining our projects & progress over the past 2.5 yrs. researchonresearch.org/roris-impact... Huge thanks to all our partners & team @rorinstitute.bsky.social

📢 New from RoRI: Funding by Algorithm - a practical handbook to help research funders use AI responsibly. Includes: 🔹 Frameworks 🔹 Real-world examples 🔹 Strategies for action Developed with 13 global funders. Read more: researchonresearch.org/funding-by-a...