Prospects of humanities bibliometrics? – Part 1

by Paul Wouters 11 Jun 2012

Humanities scholars are often confronted with the limitations of citation analysis in their fields. Often, the number of articles is too low to do any meaningful statistical analysis of publication or citation patterns. Moreover, many forms of publishi…

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• Eu-SPRI Forum opens fourth call for PhD circulation awards

by Frank van der Most 29 May 2012

The call is open to PhD candidates from member institutes of the European forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI forum) who would like to visit another member institute for at least three months. The Eu-SPRI Forum awards up …

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Universities demand full transparency university rankings

by Paul Wouters 25 May 2012

Last week, I attended a two day conference of the rectors of 65 Latin American universities about global university rankings in Mexico City. The meeting concluded by adopting a “Final Declaration” signed by the majority of attending universities. A…

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• Conference: EUA Funding Forum, 11 – 12 June 2012

by Frank van der Most 16 May 2012

The European University Association (EUA) organizes its first Funding Forum at the University of Salzburg, Austria. The conference targets participants among university managers and representatives, ministries and other governing bodies, public funders…

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Seminar on Intellectual Property, Science, Patenting and Publishing

by Sarah de Rijcke 11 May 2012

We hereby cordially invite you to this afternoon’s open seminar at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. Time: May 11th, 15-16.30h Location: CWTS Common room, Willem Einthoven building, 5th floor, Wassenaarseweg…

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• Vacancy: Postdoctoral position at the Department of Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna

by Frank van der Most 10 May 2012

The main task for the postdoc will be to contribute to teaching and research in the field of knowledge and science cultures. The department runs an English-language MA program Science-Technology-Society. The teaching load is specified as “roughly…

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On organizational responses to rankings

by Sarah de Rijcke 26 Apr 2012

From 13-15 September 2012, the departments of Sociology and of Anthropology at Goldsmiths are hosting an interdisciplinary conference on ‘practicing comparisons’. Here’s the call for papers. We submitted the following abstract, togeth…

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• Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy in Global Context, 5 – 10 August, New Hampshire

by Frank van der Most 20 Apr 2012

Gordon Research Conferences is a non-profit organization for the discussion on research in biology, chemistry, physics and related technology. It organizes hundreds of conferences and seminars each year in different locations. Occasionally, it sports a…

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• March forwards

by Frank van der Most 18 Apr 2012

• Imboden, Dieter (30 January 2012) ‘Junge Forschende besser fördern’. In Neue Züricher Zeitung press release with link to full text. Imboden is the president of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation. He calls fo…

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• Vacancy: Associate professor of Science and Innovation Studies at the Radboud University (Netherlands)

by Frank van der Most 16 Apr 2012

The  Institute for Science Innovation and Society (ISIS) at the Faculty of Science at the Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) has a vacancy for a full-time associate professor in Science and Innovation Studies. The associate professor will …

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