At the ECNP Congress in Amsterdam, Anton Bespalov and Arnoud Herremans (PAASP and Y47 Consultancy) gathered researchers around a campfire to reflect on a shared challenge: how to achieve reliable, robust, and reproducible data.

In small groups, participants explored questions like What does good research quality mean to you? and What gets in the way? The conversations revealed that data quality is more than the absence of error — it’s about transparency, documentation, reproducibility, and societal relevance.

Again and again, one theme surfaced: the quality of data is rooted in the culture of our organisations. Bridging the gap between guidelines and daily practice will take more than rules — it will take reflection, dialogue, and shared responsibility.

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