Events
Upcoming Events
15-20/Jun/2025
Meta-science summer school: Designing and conducting studies to improve research
Concerned about the reproducibility and transparency of research? Interested in learning more about meta-research, or the science of science? Looking for hands-on experience? Excited to work with other early career researchers across disciplines?
Apply for the Meta-Science Summer School to learn more about meta-research by working collaboratively in a small team to design a meta-research study. After the summer school, some groups may decide to continue working with their instructors to complete and publish their study. The Meta-Science Summer School is organized in cooperation between the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), the German Reproducibility Network (GRN), the META REP Priority Program, iRise and the University of Coimbra EXCELScIOR project ERA chair.
Participants will learn more about meta-research by designing and starting to collect data for a meta-research study in a small team. Participants may choose to keep working after the summer school to complete and publish their project. (In English)
Date and time: 15 – 20 June 2025
Location: Near Frankfurt, Germany
Keep posted: Detailed information about the Summer School can be found here.
22-24/Sep/2025
Responsible Research in Action – QUEST Unconference 2025
A multi-stakeholder unconference to improve research culture and practice.
Participants will work in transdisciplinary project teams to co-create outputs leading to actionable solutions to improve research culture and practice. Potential outputs might include toolboxes, tools, grass roots initiatives, recommendations, or networks. In addition to researchers, teams may include other stakeholders such as publishers, funders, members of institutional leadership.
Participants:
We invite early-career, mid-career and senior researchers, along with other stakeholders such as funders, publishers and editors, regulators, and leaders of research institutions to join our event and think about potential projects that will improve research culture and practice to be discussed during the event.
Date and time:
Pre-conference workshops: September 22, 2025, 2 – 5pm
Main unconference – Inaugural key lecture and come together: September 22, 2025, 5pm
Project work: September 23 – 24, 2025
Location:
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
Keep posted:
More information about the event can be found here.
Institutions:
QUEST Center, Berlin Institute of Health @ Charité, Germany
University of Coimbra, Portugal
