Call for Papers: Leibniz Open Science Day 2026: Scientific Rigor and Collaborative Research in the Age of AI
Levent Neyse
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite submissions for the Leibniz Open Science Day 2026: Scientific Rigor and Collaborative Research in the Age of AI, taking place on 17 November 2026 in Berlin, Leibniz Association.
Keynote speaker: Felix Holzmeister, University of Innsbruck
The event is 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 year’s theme reflects a moment of rapid change in how research is conducted, evaluated, and communicated. New digital tools and AI-based methods are reshaping the scientific processes, while longstanding questions about credibility, reproducibility, external validity, and collaborative knowledge production remain central. The workshop provides a forum for discussing how social science can become more rigorous, open, and collective in this changing environment.
Call for Papers
We welcome submissions on all aspects of meta-science and open science in the social sciences. Contributions do not need to focus on AI. We especially 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
The role of AI and digital tools in research workflows, evaluation, and scientific communication
Submission Details
Please send your extended abstracts (max. 750 words) to Antje Riechert (pb...@zbw-online.eu) by 31 July 2026. The notifications will be announced by the 24th of 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.
For more information, please visit: https://www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns/veranstaltungen/leibniz-open-science-day-2026
The Organizing Committee
Marianne Saam, ZBW and University of Hamburg
Doreen Siegfried, ZBW
Jörg Ankel-Peters, RWI
Macartan Humphreys, WZB
Levent Neyse, DIW Berlin and WZB
Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/leventneyse/
Lab²: https://labsquare.net/