{"id":6496,"date":"2026-01-12T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:41:27","slug":"idiv-upcoming-symposium-science-to-be-determined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/2026\/01\/idiv-upcoming-symposium-science-to-be-determined\/","title":{"rendered":"[iDiv] Upcoming Symposium &#8220;Science: To Be Determined&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Science plays a central role in addressing today\u2019s global challenges. Researchers are increasingly called upon to be&nbsp;innovative, collaborative, and socially engaged, while navigating structural and ethical challenges such as balancing productivity with integrity. These dynamics are amplified by&nbsp;rapid advances in AI&nbsp;and&nbsp;rising public skepticism toward science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The focus of this upcoming symposium will be a topic central to researchers across disciplines: Why do we do what we do &#8211; and how can we do it better? The event provides a platform to&nbsp;promote open discussion on scientific integrity&nbsp;and to&nbsp;encourage critical reflection&nbsp;on how one can make research more reliable, transparent, and trustworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aims of this symposium: to&nbsp;establish a shared understanding of what responsible and rigorous science entails, fostering better collaboration and strengthening both individual and collective research practices. While rooted in biodiversity research, these questions resonate far beyond disciplinary boundaries \u2014 making this an event for all who care about the future of science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"About_the_event\"><h3>About the event<\/h3><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Date: 3 \u2013 4 March 2026<\/li><li>Location: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany<\/li><li>What to expect: Keynote talks, interactive workshops, and open discussions \u2014 with coffee, cake, lunch, and drinks provided<\/li><li>Who should attend: PhD students, postdocs, and early-career researchers from all disciplines interested in&nbsp;scientific integrity, reproducibility, and responsible innovation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further details and registration information will be available soon on the&nbsp;website&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/conference.idiv.de\/event\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/conference.idiv.de\/event\/4\/<\/a>.<br>For inquiries, please contact &nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:science.tbd@idiv.de\" target=\"_blank\">science.tbd@idiv.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science plays a central role in addressing today\u2019s global challenges. Researchers are increasingly called upon to be&nbsp;innovative, collaborative, and socially engaged, while navigating structural and ethical challenges such as balancing productivity with integrity. These dynamics are amplified by&nbsp;rapid advances in AI&nbsp;and&nbsp;rising public skepticism toward science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5766,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[285,53,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5766"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6496"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6504,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6496\/revisions\/6504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}