The Global Metascience Conference will take place in London from 30 June to 2 July 2025, and is organised by Research on Research (RoRI) at University College London. Sabina Leonelli will join a distinguished lineup of speakers, including Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council; Patrick Vallance, UK Minister of Science and Innovation; and Anna Koivuniemi, Head of Google DeepMind Impact Accelerator, to discuss the role of AI in science. She will participate in two sessions, sharing insights from her work with the multidisciplinary Ethical Data Initiative and her Philosophy of Open Science project (Phil_OS). She will also reference her contribution to the 2024 Royal Society study on Science in the Age of AI. Her sessions include:
- The plenary discussion titled “AI in Science: Accelerating Discovery,” where she will address risks such as conservatism and the tendency to prefer convenience in current AI research developments.
- The session “Funding by Algorithm: AI as Object and Enabler of Research,” where she will offer a philosopher’s perspective on how AI and digital technologies are transforming science, along with the policy and funding challenges they present.