Interessant dossier - tijdens m'n doctoraatsonderzoek kwam ik regelmatig de grote beloftes rond protonentherapie tegen. Belgie lijkt het wel kleinschaliger, voorzichtiger en meer gecoordineerd aangepakt te hebben dan Nederland. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/pa...

How did #computers go from niche machines to everywhere, all at once? It turns out one of the oldest technologies, #books, was key. Join our MUSTS colloquium by @patrickmccray.bsky.social on Wednesday 8 October in which we will explore how literature shaped the rise of computing. shorturl.at/UJsqM

At the beginning of this month, my book 'ASML and Dutch Physics' was officially launched with a panel discussion on the perks and challenges of public-private collaboration in science. The book is now available through the website of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (see links below)

Afgelopen zomer overleed de natuurkundige Frans Saris. Voordat dit nieuws bekend was, mocht ik over zijn laatste boekje wat gedachten op papier zetten voor @nlboekengids.bsky.social . Sinds deze week vrij te lezen: www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20250831-hei...

De technologie van ASML heeft inmiddels alle internationale kranten en journaals gehaald. Maar wat betekent de groei van het bedrijf voor de Nederlandse wetenschap? Het antwoord daarop is te vinden in dit boek. Vanaf nu te bestellen, begin september beschikbaar! www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

I've written an op-ed on innovation and economic growth for Research Fortnight (open access) arguing we need radical innovation in innovation policy centred on evidence-based policy. Shouldn't need saying but ... www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

In the upcoming Fred Jevons Lecture, John Krige will explore the geopolitics of knowledge circulation, focusing on the US-China tech war and its global implications www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...

Katherine Dormandy and I are officially editing a special issue of *Synthese* on Gatekeeping in Science. The call for papers is attached. It should be a fun issue. link.springer.com/collections/...

For the opportunity to present at this celebration and have Professors Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer respond to their work in conversation with Professor John Tresch, early career scholars are invited to send abstracts of max. 200 words. For more details go to: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...

This History of Science workshop will be excellent. An invitation to early career scholars to get involved. @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...

A bit windswept by the stormy weather last friday, but the tour behind the scenes at ASML was certainly a highlight this year!

CfP: How Sciences End Oxford, 11-13 July 2025 Deadline: 31 January 2025 Submit 250-word abstracts to [email protected] [I'm broadcasting this on behalf of Joe Martin, Michelle Aroney & Alex Aylward, none of whom AFAIK are on this site yet]

Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Veel belangstelling voor de openingslezing voor het 111-jarige jubileum van Gewina op de dag van de wetenschap! Lezing door prof. Steven vanden Broecke

Vers van de pers: 'De rector: Academicus in bestuur, bestuurder in de academie'. Met twee voorgaande delen over de campus en de universiteitskrant, een drieluik over recente universiteitsgeschiedenis wat betreft ruimtelijkheid, (academische en pers-)vrijheid en bestuur. verloren.nl/Webshop/Deta...

📣Great opportunity for students in #HistSci & #PhilSci: Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social next April! 🤓 Find all information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma... Deadline for application: 13/12/24 Please repost and share 🙏

Namaakcongressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van (ook Nederlandse) wetenschappers willen kloppen. Ik bezocht er een in Boedapest en schreef een reportage voor verschillende universiteitsbladen. dub.uu.nl/nl/achtergro...

📣From our latest issue, 'Global Social History: Class and Social Transformation in World History' Stefanie Gänger (University of Heidelberg) on 'Non-Western Scholars, Bourgeois Virtues, and the International Scientific Community in the Age of Empire, 1870–1920' 🗃️ 19thc 20thc 👉 shorturl.at/umPpD

It's official... www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... #HistSci #HistSTM

The Spring-Summer issue of the AIP History Newsletter is posted! The cover story, "Last Collider Standing" (by me), collates reflections on the cancellation of the Isabelle collider, the rise of the ill-fated Superconducting Super Collider, and the origins of RHIC... www.aip.org/sites/defaul...

On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2

Transformed my @hsnatsci.bsky.social article on the Belgian MYRRHA reactor into a poster for the Nuclear Science Contest of the Belgian Nuclear Society. Happy to bring the HPS-perspective to a science contest!

Exploring a bit of #nuclearculture around the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre in Mol

On 21-22 Juni 2024 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will organize its biannual conference. The theme is "Ecology & Economy: History of Knowledge during the Unequal Anthropocene". The call for papers is open until January 15 www.gewina.nl/woudschoten2...

Het is 1955, en een Nederlandse krant suggereert dat het logisch was dat België een trage start had in nucleair onderzoek, want "Belgen zijn van nature geen pure wetenschapsmensen."