This contest is hosted by Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social, Brittany Trinh, and Ian Li @owlstown.com Here's a direct link to the entry form for you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Contest Hosts -Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social -Brittany Trinh of the Beyond Your Science Podcast -Ian Li, creator of @owlstown.com Check out winners from our past contests (2025, 2023, 2022) on The Social Academic Blog. Thank you! 🌟 theacademicdesigner.com/category/con...

Ten benefits of having a teaching website Nearly 20 years ago, when I began my academic career as an assistant professor, I made a big decision: to make my teaching materials freely available to anyone who wanted them This piece explains why communities.springernature.com/posts/ten-be...

I made myself a new website today. Not sure if I'll keep it, and I didn't want to spend a lot of money, so I went with this nifty off the shelf academic website builder. I think it looks pretty good for an afternoon's work!

Keeping an up-to-date academic website/cv/etc is a seemingly Sisyphean task but it's actually incredibly important for early career researchers and pre-tenure faculty

Second this! I really like Owlstown for easy & effective academic websites.

I highly recommend @owlstown.com for academic websites. They have a free version, it's user friendly, and if you email them with a question, you will get a helpful response in a timely manner.

@owlstown.com Please add my academic website to the Owlstown Academic Gallery.<br><br>URL: francoisxavierpgleyzon.owlstown.net

Privilege may grant a head start, but perseverance defines the finish line. True academic progress is built in the unseen work—the early mornings, rejected papers, and quiet daily grind that no one applauds. My new entry at my @owlstown.com page: egm-solar.owlstown.net/posts/4989

🚀 My @owlstown.com Webpage Update Alert! CV 📄 | Contact 📧 | Research Projects 🔍 | Mini-Blog ✨ Everything’s fresh—come explore! 👉 egm-solar.owlstown.net #AcademicProfile #Research #PersonalBranding Perfect mix of professionalism and approachability! 🌟

Winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest have just been announced! 🏆 We hope these websites inspire you to create your own space as a faculty, researcher, or grad student. Hosted by @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social, @owlstown.com, and Brittany Trinh theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...

So proud that many Owlstowners were among the Best Personal Academic Websites 2025. Congratulations for making such awesome websites! robertavaltorta.research.st anaikowl.com by @anaikowl.bsky.social patrick-manser.com by @patrickmanser.bsky.social sinclairlab-rice.com by @asinclair.bsky.social

Congratulations to the winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites 2025! theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners... Check out the websites of the winners and get inspired to share your research online. Hosted by Owlstown, @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social, and Brittany Trinh

One year ago, I made a personal academic #website! For its first anniversary, I've added a #Gallery with some of my favorite #geography impressions of previous fieldwork, excursions, and trips. I hope many more will follow. Feel free to take a look! 📸 www.rameshglueckler.com/pages/gallery

If you're a student in need of a personal website (and if you're doing research, yes, you need a website!), I keep a list of nice examples here, most of which are reusable: www.are.na/maria-antoni... For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...

I need to redo my garbage hugo academic theme github pages website from 2018 how are we building nice and flexible websites now? assume I understand nothing about websites whatsoever old repo: github.com/afredston/pe... hopefully new one will be easier to add new content (photos, icons)

On the academic job market? Stop treating your website like a CV dump. A book has a cover. A movie has a trailer. Your site should invite, intrigue, engage. Ideas (and you, my friend) deserve presentation—not just documentation. 🔗 danlio.studio/resources/academic-job-market-website

so, i promise i will also ask someone at the publisher about this, but, does anyone know if you need permission to reproduce a screenshot of marketing material/website in an academic paper?

Is your Owlstown website one of the 1,800 featured academic websites in the Academic Gallery (academic.gallery)? If not, reply to this thread and I’ll review your website to add to the gallery. #phd #academicsky

Finished up bio revisions for an academic website design client this evening. Websites happen in stages. It's no wonder faculty, researchers, and grad students are like: Can I make this happen during the semester? An easy quick solution for you is Owlstown, an academic website builder from Ian Li.

Finally updated my academic website. I should get better at doing that as things happen... Now to come up with blog posts that because I want to get back to that...

🚀 Just launched my personal website: jamiewithorne.com It brings together my research, LearnWMD content, and a new Substack featuring OSINT tutorials, satellite imagery updates on nuclear developments, and academic insights with policy relevance.

Owlstowners, share your thoughts on the value of having an academic website on this thread by @johninfranca.bsky.social

Creating an academic website? First thing to deciding what to include. Here's a quick list of must-have ideas to help you get started: www.owlstown.com/pages/page-i... #academia #PhdSky

I just updated the Owlstown server from #Rails 7.0 to 8.0. I updated it incrementally going from 7.0 -> 7.1 -> 7.2 -> 8.0. This improves performance, so Owlstown should feel speedier. Also, it prepares Owlstown for new features in the future.

I have an idea for Owlstown that I want to try. The idea is to create an academic website using a CV. If you're interested, email me your CV at [email protected]. I will try this idea with the first 5 people that send me their CV. #PhDSky

If you don't have a website yet, there's still time for you. Find resources to help you make your website on The Social Academic theacademicdesigner.com/2025/best-pe... [There's even an award for best @owlstown.com website, a free academic website builder easy for you to set up] www.owlstown.com

Last night, @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social, Brittany Trinh, and I recorded a livestream discussing sharing your research online and personal academic websites. This is part of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 2025. www.youtube.com/live/3g-bNaj...

Catch our livestream with tips and advice on personal academic websites in honor of this year's Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 🏆 With your contest co-hosts Jennifer van Alstyne, Brittany Trinh, and Ian from @owlstown.com #AcademicSky #ScienceSky www.youtube.com/live/3g-bNaj...

Did you know you can make a personal academic website quick with @owlstown.com? I chatted with a professor about personal academic websites. He needed something simple and quick. I just didn't have time in my schedule to get his website designed for him by his event. I recommended Owlstown.

Check out this awesome lab website by @asinclair.bsky.social. Lots of content about her new lab: great intro page, publications organized by category, links to press about her research. She’s recruiting at all levels for next year.

Entries to the 3rd Best Personal Academic Websites Contest are now open, #AcademicSky #ScienceSky We’re excited to celebrate your website! Enter now. Or, share with an academic friend who has a website you admire. The form is quick to fill out theacademicdesigner.com/2025/best-pe...

Just published Owlstown Newsletter #60. Lots of new updates that make it easier to update your academic website and to share your research content. newsletter.owlstown.com/p/owlstown-n... #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

🥁 We bring you a NEW virtual event 🎊 The Thriving PI summit, for scientists juggling it all—designed to help you publish, get funded, and lead with less stress. Get your FREE ticket to watch the talks: buff.ly/SkKFU9D #NewPI #TenureTrack #AcWri #AcademicSky #WomeninSTEM See the program👇🏼

The Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 2025 is hosted by: Jennifer van Alstyne of The Social Academic blog (that's me!) Website designer for scientists, Brittany Trinh of the Beyond Your Science Podcast And, Dr. Ian Li, creator of free academic website builder, @owlstown.com

Seconding @owlstown.com! Mine is at en.vincentmousseau.net. Super easy to use, and made for academics. I highly recommend it!

I also use @owlstown.com to keep an academic website. Their free version is totally fine & they are so helpful when you have a question or want to add something. Mine is RMGunter.com

I'm putting together a workshop invite shortlist and it's been eye opening.. Have an online presence - at least current location, contact info, & recent research. Doesn't have to be a full blown academic website (though those are nice). Doubly important when early career.

Okay, if you're an academic with a website, let's see it. Links please.

Public notice: If you want to read a research article, please don't pay for the paper on the publisher's website. All that money goes to the publisher, we don't get any of it. Instead, contact us. We'll be happy to send you the paper :-). @academic-chatter.bsky.social #OpenScience

I just updated my website at @owlstown.com. https://egm-solar.owlstown.net/

i have now updated my personal / academic website!! feel free to take a look and provide feedback :) jacindataggett.research.st

I just made myself a website! Check it out! lindsaymallick.owlstown.net @owlstown.bsky.social Please add my academic website to The Owlstown Academic Gallery.🙏

Check out my personal website. It contains information about my academic career, teaching experience, education, and publications. www.walidelhefny.com #research #tech #technology #academic #teaching #education

If you're an academic looking to make a good personal website for your work, but want it to be easy, I reckon Owlstown was pretty good. I'd like to see it be used more, so here's a link to mine: ben-rohrlach.owlstown.net

Academic infinite loop: - Departmental website: "Visit my personal website <link>" - Personal website: "I am no longer maintaining this website, go to my departmental website <link>"

✨ NEW FEATURE ✨ The Owlstown editor has an improved interface for editing a page. - Edit a block by just clicking on it, instead of clicking on an edit button. - Move up and move down buttons are in a new location. - Delete button is inside the block editor to reduce accidental clicks.

Here's a video that illustrates having to click the edit button to edit blocks in Owlstown. I mentioned it in this post: bsky.app/profile/owls...

Recently, an Owlstown user highlighted to me that editing a page requires too many clicks on the Owlstown editor. I’m close to fixing this problem.