We have learnt with great sadness that Barbara Czarniawska passed away this morning. A great loss for the whole community of management and organization studies and a close friend of Organization Studies, Organization Theory, and of course EGOS, legacy of many pathbreaking theoretical…

Very pleased to be involved with this exciting new work area of CWTS!

We are hiring for a 4-year researcher position (pre- or postdoc) for a project on 'Predatory publishing practices' funded by VolkswagenStiftung. Looking for a new colleague in Berlin (RMZ_HU) from STS, sociology of science, or criminology. haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/st…

🆕 Interesting paper published about practising responsible research assessment.

👏 Congrats to Alex Rushforth & Sarah de Rijcke

📰 Read the paper here 👉academic.oup.com/rev/advance-ar…

Mark Reed And being cited in policy documents is not a good predictor of policy impact. It is only a fraction of science advice that ever gets cited: the rest gets circulated, translated, and co-opted in so many other important ways that creates impact and policy change

Do Nudges Work? Debate over the effectiveness of ‘nudge’ provides a salutary lesson on the influence of social science

#Nudge wp.me/p4m9em-bLa

🔎 Vacancy: PhD candidate Reconfiguring Research Quality
Are you interested in studying #ResearchAssessment reform movements? We have an exciting PhD position opening up at CWTS | Leiden University ! The deadline for application is on February 27, 2024. careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-PhD…

Extremely interesting job post at CWTS Leiden.

Deadline this week! CWTS | Leiden University

careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-PhD…

Closes Tuesday!!!

In the latest c:o/re shorts video Bart Penders talks about his research on the credibility of scientists and their claims, the scientific reform movement and his everyday life as a Fellow at KHK c:o/re.

📺You can now watch it on our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=vOvWyQ…

Our book on EDI in health/biomed research careers is now out. Free to access online version. A pleasure to work with Ola Thomson on this. Elizabeth Blackwell Institute EDIS

I'd like to submit a proposal for an edited collection of studies with working-class people in HE with the intention to include voices from academics, students, Prof services, admin, ancillary workers & others. Would anyone be interested collaborating/contributing? #workingclass

The political economy of science matters 👇

The Science and Technology Indicators (STI) conference, call for session proposals, is now online. Conference to be held in Berlin, 18-20 September 2024:
sti2024.org/sti-conference…

For those who have struggled to see the link between EDI and research excellence: sexism is a waste of research funding nature.com/articles/s4157…

My colleague Sarah de Rijcke recently appeared on the Received Wisdom podcast, talking about research assessment and culture (Episode 37): shobitap.org/the-received-w…