Call for Abstracts – RESSH 2026: Scientific Autonomy Under Pressure
Maddi Abdelghani
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for RESSH 2026, on the theme:
Scientific autonomy under pressure: Rethinking research evaluation amid global power shifts, security concerns, and AI challenges
Research evaluation is increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions, security issues, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence. At the same time, growing concerns about integrity, misconduct, and predatory publishing are prompting renewed scrutiny of how science is assessed. Evaluation systems have become strategic instruments, influencing academic freedom, research sovereignty, and the distribution of resources. AI-based assessment tools bring new opportunities but also raise questions about transparency, bias, and the future of peer review.
RESSH 2026 invites scholars, policymakers, research managers, and practitioners to critically examine how these developments reshape research evaluation. We welcome conceptual, empirical, and comparative contributions, including case studies, theoretical frameworks, policy analyses, and methodological perspectives.
Topics may include (non-exhaustive):
- Scientific autonomy and centre–periphery dynamics
- Integrity, misconduct, and transformations of the publication ecosystem
- AI and algorithmic evaluation: potentials, risks, accountability
- Data governance, sovereignty, and security
- Diversity, inclusion, and responsible metrics
- Qualitative and narrative approaches to assessment
- Interdisciplinary and societal impact evaluation
- Alternatives to traditional metrics and rankings
- Governance models for resilient and trustworthy research systems
Find out more here: https://ressh2026.igsg.cnr.it/
We look forward to your contributions.
Ingénieur de recherche
Référent Science Ouverte
Correspondant IST – InSHS
Corrspondant Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information – RSSI CNRS
Groupe d’Etude des Méthodes de l’Analyse Sociologique de la Sorbonne (GEMASS)
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