Leiden University received 50k from @opensciencenl.bsky.social to integrate open science into strategic priorities of various institutes and translating this into HR policies. The method will be piloted at @cwts.bsky.social and the institute of psychology www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Big news! Today we announce that 23 research organisations in the NLs have received a grant from @opensciencenl.bsky.social to include #openscience criteria in their hiring and promotion policies. www.openscience.nl/en/news/know...

Excited to see the piece @divyampersaud.com and I wrote reflecting on SSiC 2023 (funded by EASST and RAS, hosted back in Jan 2023) in this issue of EASST Review. Read more here: easst.net/easst-review... #sts

Are social scientists truly social beings? Looking at our CWTS @unileiden.bsky.social end-of-year party, the answer is a resounding YES! 🎉

The Dutch UNESCO Committee looks forward to a world with care for one another and shared values about peace and tolerance. We want to share these positive messages as widely as possible. Will you join us? Create your own version of this wish and share it with the hashtag #unescowens2025

#callforabstracts #STS conference Graz 2025. If you work on #actionresearch #systemsthinking & #sustainabilitytransition then this call is for you. stsconf.tugraz.at/calls/call-f... (ID4)

🌟 **Join us in Utrecht!** 🌟 Late BA, Master's students & early PhDs: *Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society* at our Spring School, **13–17 May 2025**. ✅ Interdisciplinary discussions ✅ Networking with peers ✅ Inspiring talks & workshops 📍 Utrecht, Netherlands

‘Many magazines have published an “innovation issue.” Limn 11 flips the script with an obsolescence issue.’

Love Jana’s piercing analyses on higher education’s crisis of legitimacy janabacevic.net/2024/09/04/r... and on existing while female janabacevic.net/2019/06/12/e.... So true. I’ll proudly continue to practice my RBF. Relevant for dealing with both. @unsocialtheory.bsky.social

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.

A wonderful opportunity at CWTS | Leiden University for a prospective PhD candidate who is interested in studying research assessment reform careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...

The first act in a large research project geared towards understanding diversity in conceptualisations of 'good science' is out now - a review of the dimensions of responsible research systems and cultures, by Sarahanne Field, Jackie Thompson, @sarahderijcke.bsky.social, Marcus Munafó and myself. 1/

As part of my first week as dean I gave a short speech at the New Year’s reception last week, a tradition at our faculty. I wanted to create a bit of depth, but also wanted to give people a good ‘hook’ to approach me afterward. So I reached out with a colourful metaphor. tinyurl.com/35b8zxxm

‘Crusaders against an outside foe’… In trying to coming to grips with our depressing election results, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social suggested I read Kenan Malik’s “Not so Black and White.” I started with his Guardian columns, f.i. on performative migration politics 🔥 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

PREreview created the Open Reviewers Toolkit to help responsible evaluation of research manuscripts. It has three 3️⃣ guides to assessment and writing of a research manuscripts' review. 🛠️ Guidance for bias assessment 🛠️ A framework for how to read & evaluate a manuscript 🛠️ A self-assessment rubric

The Research on Research Institute is hiring! 4 roles available in our core team @rorinstitute.bsky.social, based at UCL. We’re seeking an Operations Manager; a Research Fellow in Metascience; a Communications & Impact Manager; and an Administrator. More here: researchonresearch.org/rori-is-hiri...

If you're still wondering why those university rankings still make people's heads spin, despite everything we know about them, worry not—we've got you covered! 👉 link.springer.com/journal/1073...

I love turning to @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social for his sharp and reflexive writing on scholarly communication and all that is good, bad, and very ugly about social media platforms for academic communities.

✨The Open Book Futures (OBF) project announces support & funding for 3 experimental book publishing pilots. These pilot projects will be developed with OBF’s Experimental Publishing Group supported by Coventry University and overseen by the Open Book Collective copim.pubpub.org/pub/expub-pi...

Multiple Competition in Higher Education - and Beyond: Here's the call for an international and interdisciplinary conference that will conclude our DFG Research Group on April 4-5. Keynotes by Christine Musselin and David Stark. Please consider submitting a contribution!

Gripping call for concerted action and strong international support from #UnitedNations Secretary General António Guterres on #Gaza #Israel and the ongoing disaster. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/o...

Does science need heroes or does it need to reform? I elaborate on this in a blog post. Idolizing heroes can worsen #bias, #inequality & #competition. Yet, it does require good #leadership to ignite structural change www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/doe...

✉️ Some science 🧪 buddies and I have written an open letter to the UK government, strongly opposing their “kicking woke ideology out of science” sentiments, which stand to damage the UK’s scientific standing and ability to deliver for public good. Please read and consider signing ✍🏻 t.co/H7rNzb0wGh

Led by Anne Beaulieu, we (Kathleen Gregory, Matthew Mayernik, Christine Borgman) received funding for a nias-lorentz.nl/workshops/ on “How to evaluate emerging knowledge infrastructures.” KI’s pose challenges for assessment (eg they’re rarely duplicated, and plurality only exists within). Exciting!

Call for Candidates for Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Steering Board incl. one Vice-Chair position coara.eu/news/call-fo...

Hi everyone, it’s a pleasure to meet you and to try out Bluesky 🙏 @dwh.bsky.social. My name is Sarah de Rijcke, and when I post it will probably be to share thoughts and experiences to do with STS, research governance, research culture, leadership, Open Science, and research assessment.