Metascience 2025 Conference

UCL, The Centre for Open Science, and the Research on Research Institute have partnered to host the Metascience 2025 Conference, which brings together a broad consortium of science and research institutions to share ideas, evidence, and foster a culture of continuous experimentation and improvement. Since launching in 2019, the biennial Metascience conferences have become the most influential meeting point for researchers, funders, policymakers and innovators committed to studying and improving the science system itself.

From Monday 30th June to Wednesday 2nd July 2025, UCL will be hosting Metascence 2025, the largest, most exciting and diverse meeting yet — a global metascientific summit bringing together 650 speakers and delegates for three days of discussion, debate and exchange of new evidence and ideas.

With a focus on institutions, innovations, and alliances, Metascience 2025 will explore how metascience can drive change: shaping policy, leveraging new methods and AI, and building longer-term infrastructures for open and effective research.

Confirmed speakers include:

Michael Spence AC, President & Provost, UCL
Lord Vallance, UK Minister for Science & Innovation
John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome
Maria Leptin, President, European Research Council
Anna Koivuniemi, Head, Google DeepMind Impact Accelerator

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