Leibniz Open Science Day 2026: Scientific Rigor and Collaborative Research in the Age of AI

17 November 2026
Berlin (Leibniz-Association)

Keynote speaker: Felix Holzmeister, University of Innsbruck

Organized by ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, DIW – The German Institute for Economic Research Berlin, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, and Lab² – Metalab for Better Science, this workshop brings together scholars committed to strengthening the reliability, transparency, and cumulative nature of research in the social sciences.

Call for Papers

Deadline: 31 July 2026

We welcome submissions on all aspects of meta-science and open science in the social sciences. AI related submissions may focus on automatized replication and meta-analysis, critical scrutiny of AI usage in scientific production as well as AI and the sociology of knowledge. Beyond AI, we generally encourage work that addresses the reliability, credibility, transparency, and generalizability of empirical research, as well as studies that examine how scientific evidence is produced, assessed, synthesized, or used.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Replications and robustness reproductions
  • Quantitative meta-analyses and evidence synthesis
  • Crowd-science studies, including many-analyst, many-lab, many-design, and meta-reproduction projects
  • Collaborative research infrastructures and large-scale research coordination
  • Heterogeneity studies across populations, contexts, designs, and analytical choices
  • Methodological meta-science
  • Forecasting, prediction markets, and expert judgment in research evaluation
  • Open science practices, transparency, reproducibility, and research integrity
  • Normative influences on empirical research

Submission Details

Please send your extended abstracts (max. 750 words) to Antje Riechert (pb-c@zbw-online.eu) by 31 July 2026. The notifications will be announced by the 24 August, 2026.

Limited travel support is available for junior researchers, including doctoral students, non-tenured postdocs, and assistant professors. Please indicate in your email if you would like to apply.

Organizing committee:

  • Marianne Saam, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and University of Hamburg
  • Doreen Siegfried, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
  • Jörg Ankel-Peters, RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
  • Macartan Humphreys, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
  • Levent Neyse, DIW – The German Institute for Economic Research Berlin and WZB Berlin Social Science Center