Webinar: Trust, transparency and the future of research collaboration by Elsevier

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Trust, transparency and the future of research collaboration

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AI is changing not just how research is done, but how researchers define trust, integrity, and impact. The real question is: how prepared is the ecosystem for what comes next?

Join us for an in‑depth panel discussion inspired by the new Researcher of the Future report from Elsevier’s Confidence in Research program, drawing on insights from more than 3,200 researchers across 113 countries on the future of research in an AI‑enabled world.

In this session, we’ll go beyond the report headlines to explore how researchers are navigating the rapid adoption of AI tools, where human judgment remains indispensable, and how expectations around integrity, transparency, and collaboration are shifting. We’ll also unpack regional differences in AI use and sentiment, and what these mean for institutions working to support responsible adoption and amplify research impact.

This panel brings together researchers, librarians, and academic leaders to interpret the report’s implications for their communities and the research sector at large. Together, they’ll reflect on how innovations in technology and the growing emphasis on trustworthy AI are shaping workflows, integrity, collaboration, and real-world research impact.

We’ll be asking:

What does “confidence in research” look like in 2025, and how is AI reshaping it?
How are researchers’ accelerating use of AI tools influencing policies, priorities, and expectations across the ecosystem?
How do researchers, librarians, and institutional leaders see trust, integrity, and transparency evolving?
What will it take for the research community to harness AI responsibly while safeguarding confidence in scholarship?

This session invites all stakeholders to join the conversation about the future of research, and how we move forward together.

When

Friday, December 5, 2025 · 9:00 a.m. Amsterdam (GMT +1:00)

Presenters

Mara Franke

Director of Research and Training at PIH/IMB Rwanda

Mara Franke is a global health professional and medical doctor with over five years of experience in development cooperation across Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a master’s degree in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is currently pursuing an MD/PhD at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Mara’s work spans research, policy, and implementation in the areas of health education, gender equality, healthcare delivery, and humanitarian response. She has led projects in Togo, Ghana, Madagascar, and Rwanda, focusing on evidence-based interventions for equitable and sustainable health systems.

Xu Jie

Deputy Librarian of Wuhan University Library

Xu Jie is a Professor at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University, serving as Director of the Department of Smart Publishing and Digital Culture and Deputy Librarian of Wuhan University Library.

Her primary research focuses on Open Science, academic information communication, and information literacy. She worked as a part-time researcher at CIBBER-Research Ltd. and has collaborated with the team on researching the information behavior of Early Career Researchers (ECR) since 2013. In 2023, she was appointed Open Science Ambassador by Wiley.

Dr. Richard Horton

Editor in Chief, The Lancet

Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet. He qualified in physiology and medicine with honours from the University of Birmingham in 1986. He joined The Lancet in 1990, moving to New York as North American Editor in 1993. In 2016, he chaired the Expert Group for the High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, convened by Presidents Hollande of France and Zuma of South Africa. From 2011 to 2015, he was co-chair of the UN's independent Expert Review Group on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health. In 2011, he was elected a Foreign Associate of the US Institute of Medicine and, in 2015, he received the Friendship Award from the Government of China. In 2019, he was awarded the WHO Director-General’s Health Leaders Award for outstanding leadership in global health and the Roux Prize in recognition of innovation in the application of global health evidence. In 2021, he received the Physicians for Human Rights Award in recognition of extraordinary leadership in advancing health and human rights. He now works to develop the idea of planetary health – the health of human civilizations and the ecosystems on which they depend. In 2020, he published The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again. A revised, updated, and expanded second edition was published in 2021. As part of the UK’s 2023 Honours, Dr Horton was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition for services to Health and Medical Journalism

Krasimira Tsaneva

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Impact), University of Exeter

Sarah Main

Vice President Academic and Government Relations, UK, Elsevier

Professor Sarah Main is Elsevier’s Vice President for Academic and Government Relations, UK. For ten years, Sarah was the Executive Director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), the UK’s leading independent advocate for science and engineering. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology; an Honorary Professor at University College London; and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Innovation, Policy and Society at the University of Westminster. Sarah holds a BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in molecular biology from University College London / Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.

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