Worldwide, interest is intensifying in how research is funded, practised and evaluated, and in how research systems can be made more efficient, open, inclusive and impactful.On 30 September 2019, Wellcome Trust, Digital Science and the Universities of Sheffield and Leiden joined forces to launch the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). RoRI is an international consortium of funders, academics and technologists committed to transformative &amp; translational research on research systems, cultures and decision-making.

Co-founded by the Wellcome Trust, the universities of Sheffield and Leiden, and Digital Science, the RoRI consortium will undertake transformative and translational research on research (also known as meta-research, science of science or meta-science). By analysing research systems and experimenting with decision and evaluation data, tools and frameworks, we aim to advance more strategic, open, diverse and inclusive research.

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This short animation describes our vision and aims for RoRI.

Established by the Wellcome Trust, Digital Science and the Universities of Sheffield and Leiden, Research on Research Institute (RoRI) is an international consortium of research funders, academics and technologists working to champion the latest approaches to research on research. Find out more: http://researchonresearch.org/

Introducing Research on Research Institute (RoRI)

Funders must find new ways to measure excellence and recognise success in its many forms 💡 That's why we've formed the @RoRInstitute to bring together funders across the world to #ReimagineResearch 💫 https://t.co/NLNYGoBHCW | @chonnettia | #RoRILaunch

The launch received positive media coverage, including an editorial endorsement from the journal Nature, which noted:&#34;Wellcome and its partners in RoRI should be commended for taking an important first step. They have recognized that there are problems in research culture and that these need to be fixed. RoRI will help to probe some of the causes of distress, and suggest solutions. Now, other funders and research-management societies must join the mission...&#34;

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Understanding how research works doesn't mean reinventing the wheel, says James Wilsdon On 30 September, 150 research funders, policymakers and academics from 19 countries gathered at the Wellcome Collection in London for the launch of the Research on Research Institute. This consortium aims to champion transformative and translational research on research systems, cultures and decision-making.

Research on Research Institute (RoRI) launch