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UTMOST IMPORTANT “REPORT CEENOM”

by 13 May 2012

An utmost important Report concerning science and humanity known as the Report Ceenom has been published at cdotc.org, cdotcee.org and as blog at ceenom.wordpress.com. Such a report has no parallel in history and gives glad tidings of a forthcoming wis…

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Social Technology Special Issue is out!

by Anne Beaulieu 18 April 2012

We are very pleased to announce that our special issue on ‘social technology’ has now appeared. It is the issue of April 2012 (22(2)) of the Journal Theory and Psychology. Please contact the editors for more information: Anne Beaulieu, Maarten Derksen, and Signe Vikkelsø. The introduction to the special issue is entitled ‘Social technologies: Cross-disciplinary [...]

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ICT Methods Workshop Series launched as joint initiative of Erasmus Studio and the KNAW e-Humanities Group

by Erasmus Studio 27 January 2012

Recently  the e-Humanities Group of the KNAW and the Erasmus Studio of the Erasmus University Rotterdam have launched a methods workshop series: Digital Humanities Workshops.
The series was kicked-off with the topic of “Visualization”, enjoying a…

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ICT Methods Workshop Series launched as joint initiative of Erasmus Studio and the KNAW e-Humanities Group

by Erasmus Studio 27 January 2012

Recently  the e-Humanities Group of the KNAW and the Erasmus Studio of the Erasmus University Rotterdam have launched a methods workshop series: Digital Humanities Workshops.
The series was kicked-off with the topic of “Visualization”, enjoying a…

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ICT Methods Workshop Series launched as joint initiative of Erasmus Studio and the KNAW e-Humanities Group

by Erasmus Studio 27 January 2012

Recently  the e-Humanities Group of the KNAW and the Erasmus Studio of the Erasmus University Rotterdam have launched a methods workshop series: Digital Humanities Workshops.
The series was kicked-off with the topic of “Visualization”, enjoying a…

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Nieuw pilotproject voor Erasmus Studio in Bosnie-Herzegovina

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Met een subsidie van de Nederlandse ambassade in Sarajevo (in het kader van het MaTra-subsidieprogramma) kan de Erasmus Studio een pilotproject starten voor het opzetten van een interviewcollectie in Bosnie-Herzegovina (BiH).  Dit zusterproject voor C…

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Kick-off COMMIT at ICT Delta

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Tijdens ICT-delta (16 november 2011) is COMMIT officieel ten doop gehouden met onder meer een toespraak van minister Verhagen. COMMIT is een publiek-privaat samenwerkingsproject voor ICT-onderzoek. De omzet van COMMIT is 110 miljoen euro, waarvan het k…

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Nieuw pilotproject voor Erasmus Studio in Bosnie-Herzegovina

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Met een subsidie van de Nederlandse ambassade in Sarajevo (in het kader van het MaTra-subsidieprogramma) kan de Erasmus Studio een pilotproject starten voor het opzetten van een interviewcollectie in Bosnie-Herzegovina (BiH).  Dit zusterproject voor C…

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Nieuw pilotproject voor Erasmus Studio in Bosnie-Herzegovina

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Met een subsidie van de Nederlandse ambassade in Sarajevo (in het kader van het MaTra-subsidieprogramma) kan de Erasmus Studio een pilotproject starten voor het opzetten van een interviewcollectie in Bosnie-Herzegovina (BiH).  Dit zusterproject voor C…

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Kick-off COMMIT at ICT Delta

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Tijdens ICT-delta (16 november 2011) is COMMIT officieel ten doop gehouden met onder meer een toespraak van minister Verhagen. COMMIT is een publiek-privaat samenwerkingsproject voor ICT-onderzoek. De omzet van COMMIT is 110 miljoen euro, waarvan het k…

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Kick-off COMMIT at ICT Delta

by Erasmus Studio 9 December 2011

Tijdens ICT-delta (16 november 2011) is COMMIT officieel ten doop gehouden met onder meer een toespraak van minister Verhagen. COMMIT is een publiek-privaat samenwerkingsproject voor ICT-onderzoek. De omzet van COMMIT is 110 miljoen euro, waarvan het k…

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Special issue in press!

by Anne Beaulieu 30 November 2011

It’s our turn to go into production at Theory & Psychology!!! Here is the table of contents!

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blog migration – new platform

by Sarah de Rijcke 22 November 2011

We recently migrated our blog to a new platform. Please visit us at: http://citationculture.wordpress.comWe also moved the complete archive of posts and comments to this address. Kind regards,Paul Wouters and Sarah de RijckeOriginal post blogged o…

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Journal ranking biased against interdisciplinary research

by P.F. Wouters 15 November 2011

The widespread use of rankings of journals in research
institutes and universities creates a disadvantage for interdisciplinary
research in assessment exercises such as the British Research Excellence
Framework. This is the conclusion of…

Tagged as: Journal Impact Factor, Ranking, Science policy

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Harvard no longer number 1 in ranking

by P.F. Wouters 24 October 2011

Recently, the new Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2011-2012 saw the light. The ranking revealed that Harvard University is no
longer number one on the list. Incidentally, the differences with Caltech – now
highest – are …

Tagged as: Ranking, Science & Technology Studies, Science policy

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Perspectives on computer simulation and data visualization

by Sarah de Rijcke 18 October 2011

When it comes to critical analysis of the role of computers,
data visualization, simulations and modeling in the sciences, there’s a lot to
be learned from humanities scholars. I’m currently teaching a course on the
role of computer-…

Tagged as: Mapping science

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Understanding Academic Careers

by Sarah de Rijcke 10 October 2011

On November 16, 2011, the Rathenau Institute and the VU University Amsterdam organize a symposium on Dynamics of Academic Leadership. The symposium addresses the conditions that are necessary for high level
performance and creativity in research, and…

Tagged as: Science & Technology Studies, Science policy

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Final Symposium

by admin 5 October 2011

Op 29 September werd het project Alfalab afgesloten met een feestelijk symposium op het Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. De deelnemers aan het project (Huygens ING, DANS, Fryske Akademy, Meertens Instituut en eHumanities) lieten met live demo’s en toelichtingen zien welke digitale applicaties er in de laatst twee jaar in het kader van het project zijn ontwikkeld: [...]

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Science mapping: do we know what we visualize?

by Sarah de Rijcke 3 October 2011

A recent landmark in the field of science
mapping is Katy Börner’s Atlas of
Science: Visualizing What We Know (MIT Press, 2010). The atlas recently won
the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award 2011. The kinds of maps covered…

Tagged as: Mapping science, Science & Technology Studies, Science policy

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Still using the Hirsch index? Don’t!

by P.F. Wouters 26 September 2011

“My research: > 185 papers, h-index 40.” A
random quote from a curriculum vitae in the World Wide Web. Sometimes,
researchers love their Hirsch index, better known as the h-index. But what does
the measure actually mean? I…

Tagged as: Citation Analysis, Ranking, Science policy

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