2026 Big Team Science Conference; hosted virtually

The goal of the Big Team Science Conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and future opportunities related to large scientific collaborations. The fifth annual Big Team Science Conference will be held virtually via Zoom, October 6-8, 2026.

We loosely define Big Team Science as collaborations wherein a comparatively large number of researchers pool their intellectual and/or material resources to pursue a common goal. If your work fits under this definition, we want to hear about it! And if you're curious about large collaborative science and want to learn more, join us at our next conference!




Symposium:

Big Questions about Analytical Robustness


Lessons learned from SCORE: Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence


Barnabas Szaszi

Empirical Results on Analytical Variability

Barnabas Szaszi

Institute of Operations and Decision Sciences, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest; Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary


Balazs Aczel

Conceptual treatment of Analytical Variability

Balazs Aczel

Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary


Alexandra Sarafoglou

Statistical Treatment of Analytical Variability

Alexandra Sarafoglou

Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Talk:

CREP: The Collaborative Replication and Education Project


The Collaborative Replication and Education Project


Ljiljana Lazarević

Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia



2026 Sponsor Organizations

The Big Team Science Conference is presented by CONNECT, an SSHRC-funded partnership that unites seven Big Team Social Science (BTSS) networks comprising more than 3,500 researchers from over 70 countries.

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CRSH:Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada; SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada


This year's conference is organized by members of:


If you’re interested in sponsoring the conference, especially if you’re interested in supporting diversity bursaries, please contact us.