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Launch of Sheffield Metascience Network (MetaNet) This workshop aims to bring together researchers across the University Sheffield with an interest in metascience, or research on research. Book here. About this Event Worldwide, interest continues to intensify in how research is funded, practiced and evaluated, and in how research systems and culture can become more robust, open, inclusive and impactful. A growing number of researchers, from diverse disciplinary starting points, are applying novel methods, network and data analysis to the scientific process itself. But research on research—sometimes called metascience, meta-research or science of science—remains poorly joined-up. More effort is needed to develop theoretical frameworks, standardize methods, strengthen networks, and test the transferability of approaches from one context to others. Sheffield is active across these agendas: for example, through its membership of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN); its recent appointment...

Press: University support package hailed as 'creative and clever' Professor James Wilsdon A university bailout package announced by the government in the wake of the coronavirus crisis has been welcomed by research policy analysts. Announced on 27 June by business secretary Alok Sharma, the package includes loans to make up for the unexpected loss of a cross-subsidy from international students, plus £180 million to support salaries and laboratory costs. James Wilsdon, a professor of research policy at the University of Sheffield and director of the Research on Research Institute, told Research Professional News the package was “very welcome”. Read the rest of the article on Research Professional News here .