ReBOUND – Research Culture Beyond Boundaries Conference Berlin | 12–13 October 2026 Registration now open

ReBound brings together researchers and key actors from research governance and policy to foster dialogue and build a shared understanding of research culture. Participants will work collaboratively to identify practical, actionable ways to strengthen research culture in selected areas, drawing on examples of both best and worst practice.

The conference engages with pressing debates facing the scientific community today, including challenges in scholarly communication, the development of sustainable research assessment models, and growing constraints on international collaboration and academic freedom. It also explores the roles and options available to individual researchers and higher education institutions in shaping the future of research culture.

ReBOUND is organised by the Berlin University Alliance together with the Action Research on Research Culture Project (University of Cambridge), the Einstein Foundation Berlin through the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research, and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (Leiden University).

The event is addressed to researchers of all career levels, administrators, science supporting staff, stakeholders from governance and policy, editors, etc.

Further information: https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/commitments/research-quality/austausch-vernetzung/Konferenz_Research-Culture/index.html