We’re hiring! 3 TT positions Two Assistant Professors in Political Science (Dutch required, deadline 17 May) careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Universi... One Assistant Professor of Political Theory (Dutch not required, d/l June 1) careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan... Share = 🙏❤️

🏛️ Last week, Andy Stirling visited CWTS to mark the start of his visiting professorship. He stayed for four days full of presentations and meetings, including a research lab on multicriteria mapping (MCM) and a keynote on 'Opening up and closing down'. Looking forward to this collaboration!

Looking forward to engaging in a discussion on PhD supervision quality and fairer distribution of resources with De Jonge Akademie in the context of their #Profkip initiative. www.dejongeakademie.nl/publicaties/... @apnet.bsky.social position paper on the topic: ap-net.nl/position-pap...

My first piece on Leiden Madtrics comes out from a triple joy: 1. Joy of reading a thought-provoking book and listening to the presentation from @samuelmoore.org 2. Joy of discussing with others who actually care the research commons 3. Joy of writing together with Tanya, a PhD colleague at CWTS

De Nederlandse universiteiten reageren positief op de nieuwe coalitieplannen. Er wordt flink ingezet op investeren in onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie, de grote bezuinigingen van het vorige kabinet worden teruggedraaid. Ook in Leiden heerst optimisme, al is er ook reden voor waakzaamheid.

The Netherlands are set for a new chapter in its parliamentary history. A minority government. And the youngest PM ever. www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...

📢 We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Stirling as Visiting Professor! 🎓 He will support CWTS in shaping change in contemporary science systems, including research assessment, governance reform, and inclusive knowledge production. 🤝 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

Looking forward to having Andy Stirling at CWTS!

Nice work by our @cwtsnl.bsky.social PhD candidate Nina Gogadze! @coarassessment.bsky.social

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

New analysis: 0.25% of 2025 Bluesky posts contained citations to research...while only 0.000006% of X/Twitter posts did. In raw numbers, X still has 2x the research-based posts that Bluesky does (though they are harder to find): but it took Twitter 10 years to get there vs just 2 years for Bluesky

Our latest article argues that citation noise "represents an [...] underexplored challenge in citation analysis". Reviewers appreciate the fresh/innovative approach but question its conceptual underpinning: can citation accuracy be determined objectively? 👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full text

❄️ As 2025 comes to an end, we wish you all a joyful holiday season and a happy new year. See you in 2026! ✨

We are organising a track on Science and New Forms of Geopolitics at the STS NL conference 2026 www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...

“We’re not ditching culture”, says Helen Cross. “But we want to reset the conversation and the words got in the way.” #REF2029

Does anyone have an individual subscription for to @resprofnews.bsky.social (i.e. without their institution buying it)? I’ve been on an epic wild goose chase finding the option on their website

We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦. The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/

A vital and informative blog post on what the US’s withdrawal from UNESCO means for open science

How are national systems for assessing publicly funded research evolving? That's the question our latest article poses. Reviewers consider the work "valuable and timely", noting its relevance to reform initiatives like @coarassessment.bsky.social 👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full article here

👏 We are grateful to all of our 25 authors (including corresponding author @alexrushforth.bsky.social), our reviewers (@elizabethgadd.bsky.social, @karenstroobants.bsky.social & Neil Jacobs) and our editors (Kathryn Zeiler, @alexh.bsky.social)

So much of the current discourse on scholarly communication can be explained but the fact that commercial publishers have given publishing such a bad name that people want to get rid of it all and just have preprints.

📄 New scoping review: "The Contributions of Open Science to Research Culture", a collaboration between the Know Center and CWTS that was commissioned by @scienceeurope.org. 📚 Find out more in the news item on our website 👉 tinyurl.com/bdd6jw96 @alexrushforth.bsky.social

📣 Special seminar on 'Perspectives on the evaluation of science', with Emanuel Kulczycki, @alesiazuccala557.bsky.social, and Jochen Gläser. 🎧 Make sure to join! 📅 Friday, 31.10.2025 🕐 1:00-3:00 PM (CET) 📌 Online & at CWTS More information 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

📢 Reminder to register for the upcoming webinar Join to explore shared goals, evidence, and the key role of research organisations in advancing open science and assessment reform. 📅 20 October 2025, 16:00 CEST 📍 Online 👉 Register here: bit.ly/4305IIn #OpenAccessWeek #ReformingRA #OpenScience

🎙️ "Are we nearly there yet?" Our colleague @alexrushforth.bsky.social joined the very first episode of the podcast series Fairly Recognised by the Dutch Recognition and Rewards programme to discuss the role of academics in research evaluation. Tune in! 👉 sanlifaez.substack.com/p/are-we-nea...

📢Join the upcoming webinar to explore how monitoring & evidence gathering can support #OpenScience, research assessment reform, and systemic change, featuring discussions on key international initiatives. 🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST 📍Online 👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn

Research assessment: a round-up Excellent survey of the assessment landscape by @hollyelse.bsky.social in @nature.com, including our recent work @rorinstitute.bsky.social with the Global Research Council. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @alexrushforth.bsky.social @prussianhippie.bsky.social

Join us for a great leadership workshop organized by @apnet.bsky.social (If you are or become an APNet member, registration for the workshop is free!)

If you're an #AssistantProf in the Netherlands, come join us for an afternoon of #leadership and discussions on #academia. Become an @apnet.bsky.social member now and come to the event for free!

#StiEnid2025 If u here pls drop by and say hello.

Today I had the pleasure to be a panelist in the session 'moving beyond journals' at the @royalsociety.org Future of Scientific Publishing conference. I argued that scientific publishing is going through a transformation addressing the challenges of openness, curation and meaningful dialogue.

Online seminar tomorrow! Join RoRI's Alex Rushforth and Gunnar Sivertsen for a presentation based on a recent RoRI working paper exploring how national research assessment systems are evolving across 13 countries: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

ZonMw and the Dutch Research Council have published their action plan for reforming research assessment, in line with CoARA principles. The plan includes actions around reviewing and refining the evidence-based CV and exploring #openscience practices in grant evaluations. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Dearest gentle readers, The STI-ENID 2025 conference (3–5 Sept, Bristol) is heating up. Accepted authors have been informed, keynote reveals are imminent, and yes… Lady Whistledown will be there. Register now or risk missing the gossip: www.stienid2025.org/registration-1 #STIENID2025

Metascience’s big tent. Some initial post-conference reflections from me & @jameswilsdon.bsky.social on lessons from #metascience2025, though there’s much still to digest. Free to read link: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli...

Innovations in #ScholarlyCommunication and #ResponsibleResearchAssessment need to go hand in hand. New guest post by @jasonchin.bsky.social, @ludowaltman.bsky.social, and Kathryn Zeiler, editors at @metaror.bsky.social, share insights on these connections. Read more👇 sfdora.org/2025/07/08/m...

🕖 Only a few days left to apply.... Check out this exciting opportunity to join RoRI as a (senior) Research Fellow in #Metascience. Apply before 9 July 👇

📣 Last seminar before the summer break! @alexrushforth.bsky.social and Gunnar Sivertsen will present "A new typology of national research assessment systems: Continuity and change in 13 countries". 📅 Friday, 11.7.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CEST) 📌 Online www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

"In addition to high prices the "big five" multinational ebook publishers "throttle" access to ebooks by selling them to libraries for either a limited time or a limited number of circulations — sometimes both." Just as with academic publishing, a small number of big publishers dominate the market

Hello! We're the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the University of Manchester, and we're excited to be on Bluesky 👋 Follow us for updates from across the Institute — we can't wait to connect with you! www.mioir.manchester.ac.uk

Israel declared a free fire zone in northern Gaza, as the US did in central Vietnam. The result is the same: war crimes. Massacred civilians are declared “enemy” and units compete for higher body counts.

Dutch science faces a structural budget cut of 1 billion euros—equivalent to one large university or two smaller ones. Academics are raising alarms about the potential impact. @wimpouw.bsky.social & @bnbakker.bsky.social propose an open access revolution in the Dutch academic landscape. 1/2

A plea on behalf of journal editors everywhere.. When you receive a request to review, answer it. Declining is (from everyone's perspective) far preferable to not answering at all, which just leaves everyone - not least the author - in limbo. You wouldn't your paper delayed. Don't delay others'.

The #DOAsummit2024 declaration -- deliberately brief, as the mighty Reggie Raju told us, so that we can remember it! Anyone can comment on the declaration, via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hhH...

Leiden, Protest against cuts to higher education, 11 December 2024

Excellent piece

What is good leadership in this day and age? And what role do universities and the social sciences play in this? As dean of a Faculty of Social Sciences, I find myself in the midst of a storm of debates about internationalization and the future of higher education.

Hi BlueSky! We at RMZ Berlin analyse how scientific knowledge is produced and how science is embedded in social processes. We will post about events, contributions of our team etc. on this platform and look forward to meet the #sts #sociologyofscience #sciencepolicy #bibliometrics communities here!

@ingaulnicane.bsky.social and I are planning a workshop on the role and uses of AI in evidence-based policymaking in spring 2025. Get in touch if you’re interested in joining us!

Just out: “Globalising Plant Knowledge Beyond Bioprospecting” (collection on Ethnoscience hosted by History of Anthropology Review). 1st of a series of papers on extractive epistemologies which my next monograph will treat in detail - comments warmly welcome! histanthro.org/notes/global...