Sociologist of science, focusing on research assessment reform, uses of performance indicators and nonprofit open scholarly platforms @cwtsleiden
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What is disruption in science? I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University. If interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.
Very pleased to appear in this volume alongside so many STS luminaries! Sarah de Rijcke and I have a chapter on performance indicators in academia.
Finally, some years of work and engagement have materialised in this encyclopedia of #STS. Many thanks to the + 90 authors who contributed! And what a pleasure it has been to go on that adventure with Alan Irwin - thanks for being such a great colleague, conspirator and friend!
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Future-proof Open Access Publishing in NL: petition is open to sign. A call to commit to community values and #openscience principles in new publishing contracts 👉openscienceretreat.eu/call-t…
This petition was initiated during the Open Science Retreat in Schoorl in March 2024.
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Universities need to pivot to teaching retired people more: (i) wealthy growing share of the population with time to spare (ii) huge potential for de-radicalization by putting them in touch with recent research - they vote more, they can't live in a parallel information universe
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Problems with paying to publish
Publication fees have made many journals inaccessible to scholars worldwide at a time when #openscience is widely promoted!
What are the issues with this model? Read this article by Thed van Leeuwen & @andrebrasilbsb
hdl.handle.net/11250/3136467
Is the pay-to-publish model for open access pricing scientists out?
science.org/content/article/…
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In this week's @Nature, we're asking readers to reflect on the PI funding model: Is it fundamentally broken? If it is, what might the alternatives be? The editorial nature.com/articles/d41586-0… includes a survey for research hiring managers: and a poll: linkedin.com/showcase/nature…
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🎉We are excited to announce that our @cwts colleagues @ThomasFranssen, @AlexRushforth & @juditvar co-developed the brand-new bachelor's programme “Science for Sustainable Societies” with several colleagues across @LeidenU.
More information here 👉 universiteitleiden.nl/en/edu…
Re-plugging this afternoon's CWTS seminar by @PeterWoelert on administrative burden in universities. 3pm (CEST).
If you would like to join online, the link is can be found here... cwts.nl/seminars/announcemen…
In next Friday's seminar at CWTS, @PeterWoelert will talk about "Administrative burden in universities: Key dimensions, potential drivers, and implications for university-based research"
🗓️ Fri 14 June 2024, 3.00 PM (CEST)
📌at CWTS & online
More info 👇
cwts.nl/seminars/announcemen…
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Many thanks to CWTS in Leiden for inviting me to talk about the issue of administrative burden at universities next Friday at 3pm CEST. As part of this, I will present some of the key findings from our admin burden survey conducted across Australian universities last year.
In next Friday's seminar at CWTS, @PeterWoelert will talk about "Administrative burden in universities: Key dimensions, potential drivers, and implications for university-based research"
🗓️ Fri 14 June 2024, 3.00 PM (CEST)
📌at CWTS & online
More info 👇
cwts.nl/seminars/announcemen…
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Interview with J. Cole on sociology of science: founding and development of the field !
The essays in this book trace the development and institutionalization of the sociology of science. Find out why in this author interview with Columbia News. buff.ly/3QScfiA
Pet moan: journals that only let you enter 150 word abstracts on their systems. Any reason why it couldn't be 200 or 250?
Very pleased to be involved with this exciting new work area of CWTS!
🆕The Evaluation & Culture focal area at CWTS focuses on the changing faces of research quality, scholarly communication, and research assessment. Want to know more about its agenda for the coming five years? Here is our new blog post 👇leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/t… @cwtsleiden
There was a famous ethnography of Daresbury by John Law - called Organizing Modernity and published in 1994. Not sure if you go that far back with the place?!
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🆕 Interesting paper published about practising responsible research assessment.
👏 Congrats to @RushforthAlex & Sarah de Rijcke
📰 Read the paper here 👉academic.oup.com/rev/advance…
🆕"Practicing responsible research assessment: Qualitative study of faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure assessments in the United States" by @RushforthAlex and Sarah De Rijcke:
doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvae… #OpenAccess 🔓
A part of Project TARA sfdora.org/project-tara/ 1/2
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And being cited in policy documents is not a good predictor of policy impact. It is only a fraction of science advice that ever gets cited: the rest gets circulated, translated, and co-opted in so many other important ways that creates impact and policy change
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Do Nudges Work? Debate over the effectiveness of ‘nudge’ provides a salutary lesson on the influence of social science
#Nudge wp.me/p4m9em-bLa
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🔎 Vacancy: PhD candidate Reconfiguring Research Quality
Are you interested in studying #ResearchAssessment reform movements? We have an exciting PhD position opening up at @cwtsleiden ! The deadline for application is on February 27, 2024. careers.universiteitleiden.n…