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...

Hmmm interesting… It just occurred to me that I’d probably do well to crash some random end of year parties next year 🥳

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

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#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
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📍 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

Longer post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahd...

In my opinion, the kind of political rhetoric on display shows that real leadership is not about tough soundbites or cheap solutions. It’s about wanting to see a problem from multiple angles, and about building bridges. Exactly what we do and teach in the social sciences.

In my opinion, this week’s parliamentary debates on the education budget touch on a very fundamental question:
What is good leadership in this day and age? And what role do universities and social sciences play in this?

The PVV also prefers an emphasis on STEM subjects. Now “various universities are overflowing with humanities and behavioral sciences, often with international students, who are displacing our own students and occupying student rooms.”

Sometimes it’s really a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Last week, for example, PVV member of parliament Van der Hoeff said he wants “more modest universities.” I assume he means we should shrink in size, but also that we should adopt a less critical attitude.

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.

Yep, what Femke says

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...

Interesting Esther, I’d love to hear more about the work on deep sea mining

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