Research on Research Event

Preliminary Programme

Day 1: 29 January 2026

Location: University of Zurich Main Building, Room KOL-F-101

Time	Talk / Session
08:30 – 09:00	Arrival
09:00 – 09:20	Opening Speech and Introduction - Elisabeth Stark, University of Zurich - Leonhard Held, University of Zurich
09:20 – 10:20	Empirical Research on Research - Learning Research System for Swiss Clinical Trials, Matthias Briel, University of Basel - Stumble Over a Blunder: Editorial Policy and Research Reporting, Katarina Zigova, University of Zurich - (Un)informed Consent: To What Degree Are Research Participants ‘Informed’ by Common Consent Procedures in Psychology Under EU Data Protection Law?, Luisa Jansen, University of Bern - ERЯOR: A Bug Bounty Program for Science, Malte Elson, University of Bern
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:10	Poster Flash Talks
11:10 – 12:05	Keynote - Designing Better Research Systems: How Research on Research Informs Science Policy and Assessment Reforms, Rachel Heyard, University of Zurich - Invited Discussion, Jack Leahy, UK Metascience Unit
12:05 – 12:35	Empirical Research on Research (Continued) - Assessing Gender Awareness in Research Evaluation: A Text Analysis Approach, Gabriel Okasa, Swiss National Science Foundation - From Wearable Biometrics to Reproducible AI: Generalizing Evaluation Guidelines for Human-Centered Research, Lidia Alecci, Università della Svizzera italiana
12:35 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15	Poster Session
14:15 – 15:00	Research Synthesis - Large Language Model-Based Extraction and Analysis of Public Assessment Reports From Six Major Drug Regulators, Jacqueline Dort; Hanna Hubarava; Benjamin Ineichen, University of Bern - Living Systematic Reviews of Human and Animal Studies for Research Prioritisation in Mental Health: A Transparent and Reproducible Evidence Synthesis Framework, Virginia Chiocchia, University of Bern - Improving Interpretation and Communication of Clinical Trial Results via Probabilistic Statements, Orestis Efthimiou, University of Bern
15:00 – 15:55	Keynote - The Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research, Csaba Szabo, University of Fribourg - Invited Discussion, Hanno Würbel, University of Bern
15:55 – 16:25	Coffee Break
16:25 – 17:10	Replication and Forensic Meta-Science - Operationalizing Metascience: An AI Tool to Detect Hidden Methodological Flaws at Scale, Peter Hilpert, University of Lausanne - An Overview of Tools for Detecting Irregularities in Reported Summary Statistics, Lukas Jung, University of Bern - A Retrospective Analysis of 400 Publications Reveals Patterns of Irreproducibility Across an Entire Life Sciences Research Field, Bruno Lemaitre, EPFL
17:10 – 17:30	Conclusion of Day 1 & Preview of Day 2 Matthias Egger, University of Zurich
17:30 –	Apéro

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Day 2: 30 January 2026

Location: University of Zurich Main Building, Room KOL G-217

The programme on the second day will consist of input talks, and group work with the goal to lay the basis for a large collaborative grant proposal.

Note

The programme for Day 2 is preliminary and is subject to change.

Time	Talk / Session
08:30 – 09:00	Arrival
09:00	Invited Talk - Radical Solutions: Insights from the UK Metascience Unit, Jack Leahy, UK Metascience Unit
	Funding Opportunities
	Input Talks By: - Jamie Cummins, University of Bern - Carolin Strobl, University of Zurich - Gian Luca Di Tanna, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) - Stefan Schandelmaier, University of Basel - And Others
	Group Work
16:00	End

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