1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Meta Science for Methods Research
Across a range of methodological disciplines – such as statistics, psychometrics, econometrics, bioinformatics, and machine learning – researchers are increasingly examining how methods are developed, evaluated, and published within their own fields. This emerging line of work addresses critical questions about the quality, transparency, and robustness of methodological research itself. At the moment, these efforts remain largely isolated within specific disciplines, with little cross-disciplinary exchange and no shared vocabulary for thinking and talking about scientific rigor in methods research in general.
The 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Meta Science for Methods Research aims to bridge this gap. By bringing together researchers from diverse methodological communities, the symposium will foster exchange, identify common challenges, and lay the groundwork to collectively advance meta science for methods research.
The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Reproducible Science and Research Synthesis (CRS) of the University of Zurich and organized by Samuel Pawel (Biostatistics, CRS fellow), Mark D. Robinson (Bioinformatics, CRS member), and Carolin Strobl (Psychometrics, CRS member).
It will take place on Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1, 2026, in Zurich.
Registration and abstract submission open on April 1, 2026.
More information and registration here.