Sometimes I inadvertently interrupt the dishwasher at work and feel really guilty. Is that normal?

We’re hiring! 3 TT positions

Two Assistant Professors in Political Science (Dutch required, deadline 17 May)

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One Assistant Professor of Political Theory (Dutch not required, d/l June 1)

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🏛️ Last week, Andy Stirling visited CWTS to mark the start of his visiting professorship. He stayed for four days full of presentations and meetings, including a research lab on multicriteria mapping (MCM) and a keynote on 'Opening up and closing down'. Looking forward to this collaboration!

I’m no body language expert but slumped shoulders and looking to the heavens isn’t spreading confidence, especially from the guy we look to as the talisman

So an entrepreneurial state approach to open science transitions rather than decentralised community efforts and ‘let the market decide’ funding? Interesting. Are there currently any big focal points in open science you would consolidate around?

Looking forward to engaging in a discussion on PhD supervision quality and fairer distribution of resources with De Jonge Akademie in the context of their #Profkip initiative.
www.dejongeakademie.nl/publicaties/...

@apnet.bsky.social position paper on the topic: ap-net.nl/position-pap...

Got a ninja, very good 👍

My first piece on Leiden Madtrics comes out from a triple joy:

1. Joy of reading a thought-provoking book and listening to the presentation from @samuelmoore.org

2. Joy of discussing with others who actually care the research commons

3. Joy of writing together with Tanya, a PhD colleague at CWTS

Hot take: they have two good songs! Creep and High and Dry

Text book journalistic group think: A journalist sees others in their press pack running the story and think there must be something in it, and/or their editors see other papers running with it so pressure their writers to run the same story.

Universiteit Leiden positief over coalitieplannen, wél enkele aandachtspunten De Nederlandse universiteiten reageren positief op de nieuwe coalitieplannen. Er wordt flink ingezet op investeren in onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie, de grote bezuinigingen van het vorige kabinet w...

De Nederlandse universiteiten reageren positief op de nieuwe coalitieplannen. Er wordt flink ingezet op investeren in onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie, de grote bezuinigingen van het vorige kabinet worden teruggedraaid. Ook in Leiden heerst optimisme, al is er ook reden voor waakzaamheid.

Dutch parties agree on rare minority government Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands have agreed to form a rare minority government, they said on Tuesday.

The Netherlands are set for a new chapter in its parliamentary history. A minority government. And the youngest PM ever.

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Professor Andy Stirling joins CWTS as Visiting Professor CWTS is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Andy Stirling as Visiting Professor.

📢 We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Stirling as Visiting Professor! 🎓

He will support CWTS in shaping change in contemporary science systems, including research assessment, governance reform, and inclusive knowledge production. 🤝

👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

Looking forward to having Andy Stirling at CWTS!

Think Tottenham and Liverpool away might see off this brief glimpse of hope

Nice work by our @cwtsnl.bsky.social PhD candidate Nina Gogadze!

@coarassessment.bsky.social

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

New analysis: 0.25% of 2025 Bluesky posts contained citations to research...while only 0.000006% of X/Twitter posts did.

In raw numbers, X still has 2x the research-based posts that Bluesky does (though they are harder to find): but it took Twitter 10 years to get there vs just 2 years for Bluesky

Citation accuracy, citation noise, and citation bias: A foundation of citation analysis - MetaROR

Our latest article argues that citation noise "represents an [...] underexplored challenge in citation analysis".

Reviewers appreciate the fresh/innovative approach but question its conceptual underpinning: can citation accuracy be determined objectively?

👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full text

A sunset with a blue sky behind former university buildings in Leiden.

❄️ As 2025 comes to an end, we wish you all a joyful holiday season and a happy new year. See you in 2026! ✨

We are organising a track on Science and New Forms of Geopolitics at the STS NL conference 2026

www.utwente.nl/en/bms/sts-n...

“We’re not ditching culture”, says Helen
Cross. “But we want to reset the conversation and the words got in the way.” #REF2029

Does anyone have an individual subscription for to @resprofnews.bsky.social (i.e. without their institution buying it)?

I’ve been on an epic wild goose chase finding the option on their website

One of the best

We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦.

The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/

A vital and informative blog post on what the US’s withdrawal from UNESCO means for open science

A new typology of national research assessment systems: continuity and change in 13 countries

How are national systems for assessing publicly funded research evolving? That's the question our latest article poses.

Reviewers consider the work "valuable and timely", noting its relevance to reform initiatives like @coarassessment.bsky.social

👇 Read the assessment, reviews & full article here

👏 We are grateful to all of our 25 authors (including corresponding author @alexrushforth.bsky.social), our reviewers (@elizabethgadd.bsky.social, @karenstroobants.bsky.social & Neil Jacobs) and our editors (Kathryn Zeiler, @alexh.bsky.social)

So much of the current discourse on scholarly communication can be explained but the fact that commercial publishers have given publishing such a bad name that people want to get rid of it all and just have preprints.

📄 New scoping review: "The Contributions of Open Science to Research Culture", a collaboration between the Know Center and CWTS that was commissioned by @scienceeurope.org.

📚 Find out more in the news item on our website 👉 tinyurl.com/bdd6jw96

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