• ERC encourages open access publications. But what about open access to data?

by Frank van der Most 3 Oct 2012

Recently, the ERC released new Open Access guidelines for researchers funded by the ERC in which it “strongly encourages ERC funded researchers to make their publications available in open access …” and “encourages Host Institut…

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• Call for papers: ‘The global politics of science and technology: concepts and perspectives’

by Frank van der Most 27 Sep 2012

Maximilian Mayer (Center for Global Studies, Bonn University), Mariana Carpes (German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg) and Ruth Knoblich, (Institute for Sociology and Political Science, Bonn University) call for papers that would lead to…

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• Vacancies: Technopolis Group (Brighton) seeks 2 ‘Research and Innovation policy consultants’

by Frank van der Most 24 Sep 2012

The consultants are for UK and international project. English will be the working language, but the ability to work in one or more other languages, especially Spanish, is a pro for candidates. Otherwise, the candidates should be familiar with qualitati…

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• Vacancies: Technopolis Group (Brighton) seeks 2 ‘Research and Innovation policy consultants’

by Frank van der Most 24 Sep 2012

The consultants are for UK and international project. English will be the working language, but the ability to work in one or more other languages, especially Spanish, is a pro for candidates. Otherwise, the candidates should be familiar with qualitati…

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• iFQ annual conference ‘Völlig losgelöst? Governance der Wissenschaft und ihre Akteure, Konzepte und Instrumente’, 17-18 December 2012

by Frank van der Most 20 Sep 2012

The German Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ)will dedicate its upcoming annual meeting to  state-of-the-art update on the governance of science systems. As the conference announcement states, the recent years showed a heigh…

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Why do neoliberal universities play the numbers game?

by Sarah de Rijcke 17 Sep 2012

Performance measurement has brought on a crisis in academia. At least, that’s what Roger Burrows (Goldsmiths, University of London) claims in a recent article for The Sociological Review. According to Burrows, academics are at great risk of becoming …

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• Why universities might work with their host regions? Conference on 30 October 2012, CHEPS, University of Twente, the Netherlands

by Frank van der Most 29 Aug 2012

As the conference website points out: why would universities contribute to regional development if they are essentially aiming for “independent, abstract learning and knowledge creation in a global knowledge commons” (conference website) ? …

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Collaboration and competition in research – Special Issue

by Sarah de Rijcke 24 Aug 2012

Hot off the press: a special issue of Higher Education Policy, co-edited by Peter van den Besselaar (Free University, Amsterdam), Sven Hemlin (University of Gothenborg, Sweden) and our colleague Inge van der Weijden (CWTS, Leiden University). The spec…

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Plea for assessments, against bean counting – part 3

by Paul Wouters 31 Jul 2012

Valorization of research has become an increasingly important pillar in research evaluation. The LERU report “Research universities and research assessment” does acknowledge this development. The report does not take a strong stand but limits itsel…

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Plea for assessments, against bean counting – part 2

by Paul Wouters 13 Jul 2012

The LERU report “Research universities and research assessment” is partly inspired by problems that university managers have encountered in their attempt to evaluate the performance of their institute. In her presentation at the launch event of the…

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