As the In-Forest project entered its final phase, the team came together for a concluding workshop hosted by CWTS at Leiden University. The meeting included two scientific presentations: an internal talk within the CWTS Focal Area Engagement and Inclusion and a CWTS Research Seminar highlighting key project insights and learnings.

A highlight of the week was a hybrid public talk in the CWTS Research Seminar series (see recording on the seminar webpage). It provided an opportunity to present project outcomes to a large and diverse international audience, including scholars from science studies and forest research. On behalf of the team, Nelius Boshoff and Susanne Koch presented the project’s core findings, synthesizing results from the bibliometric and qualitative analyses conducted over the past four years. The talk illustrated how a multi-method research design makes it possible to study social and epistemic inequalities in science, linking large-scale patterns with in-depth qualitative insights.

In addition, Boshoff and Koch presented work in progress building on the In-Forest project in the CWTS Focal Area Engagement and Inclusion meeting. The internal talk focused on reconfiguring conceptual and methodological approaches to studying ‘inclusion’ in multiscale science. Using forestry research as an example, the presentation discussed ways of operationalising inclusion through bibliometric analyses of researcher contributions to core and non-core journals. CWTS colleagues provided valuable feedback, helping to further advance an ongoing analysis previously presented at the STI-ENID Conference in Bristol.

Beyond the scientific talks, the team used the days together in Leiden (3–9 December 2025) to jointly work on several ongoing papers and analyses to be completed in the following months. These include a large-scale analysis of stratification in the global forestry workforce and a paper on epistemic choices in scientific publishing that combines bibliometric and interview data. The meeting was widely appreciated by collaborators as a productive and collegial space for progressing joint work and reflecting on shared achievements.

A video recording of the CWTS Research Seminar “Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research” has been made available by the CWTS communications team.