Why collaboration matters more than ever in EU-funded research projects – London, UK | June 3–4, 2025

The 2025 Joint General Assembly, hosted at University College London, brought together the OSIRIS, TIER2, and iRISE consortia for a shared purpose: to strengthen the foundation of reproducible, inclusive, and transparent research across Europe.

As EU-funded research increasingly tackles complex, systemic challenges, the value of strategic collaboration among consortia has never been more evident. This year’s joint assembly exemplified what is possible when diverse projects come together to align efforts, cross-pollinate ideas, and co-create solutions that extend well beyond the lifespan of individual grants.

Watch our video feature with OSIRIS Project Coordinator Dr. Inge Stegeman

In this video, Dr. Inge Stegeman offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on the 2025 Joint General Assembly, reflecting on the rich exchange, hands-on collaboration, and strategic dialogue among the OSIRIS, TIER2, and iRISE consortia. She highlights the value of sessions such as the reproducibility intervention design workshop, stakeholder engagement discussions, and EDI reflections, as well as the importance of creating a space where researchers can learn from each other, challenge assumptions, and shape future directions together. The assembly, she notes, was not just about showcasing outputs, but about building momentum and community around a shared vision.

Strengthening Impact Through Shared Infrastructure and Insight

The General Assembly was more than a meeting; it was a platform for integration, allowing three complementary consortia to showcase progress, identify synergies, and collectively shape recommendations that will guide future policymaking, institutional change, and capacity-building in open science.

Sessions spanned from showcasing project outputs and training tools to discussing equitable research practices, epistemic diversity, and reproducibility metrics. Through plenary panels, collaborative design exercises, and informal networking, the event provided fertile ground for ideas that can scale.

Why Joint Events Matter

As Dr. Stegeman notes in the video, joint gatherings amplify visibility, coherence, and momentum across projects. They enable stakeholders, ranging from early-career researchers to policymakers, to see how different initiatives interlock, where gaps remain, and how knowledge and resources can be pooled for greater systemic change.

This assembly also reaffirmed that reproducibility is not a niche concern but a foundational pillar for credible, effective research. Embedding reproducibility practices requires alignment across multiple sectors: funders, institutions, publishers, and researchers themselves. Events like this one make that alignment tangible.

A Shared Vision for the Future

As OSIRIS, TIER2, and iRISE move toward the final stages of their respective projects, this joint assembly helped to solidify a shared vision, one that champions evidence-based interventions, inclusivity, and stakeholder-driven approaches.

Whether through joint publications, training frameworks, or policy recommendations, the impact of this event will reverberate through the months ahead and into the broader research community.

  • View the photo gallery or watch the recap video from the General Assembly HERE.

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