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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Comment in Nature on international mobility of researchers 09 October 2017In the 4 October, 2017 issue of Nature appeared the comment entitled ‘Scientists have most impact when they're free to move’, an analysis measuring th...
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CWTS aims to develop novel approaches in research evaluation 20 June 2017CWTS is proud to announce its new research programme for the period 2017-2022.
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WCC award ceremony: Distinctions for leading scientists 30 May 2017This year, Leiden University is organising the 34th Award Ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC). Who will be the prize winners this year?
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Pieter's Corner: Can diversity be engineered? 11 May 2017In discussions about today’s society and multiculturalism the word is constantly bandied back and forth: diversity. At Leiden University we aspire to ...
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A cabinet of curiosities for science policy 22 March 2017How does the government know whether science policy has the desired effect? According to Professor Barend van der Meulen, a variety of evidence about...
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Research grant for Sarah de Rijcke 07 March 2017
Sarah de Rijcke (CWTS) receives a ZonMw Fostering Responsible Research Practices grant for the project 'Optimizing the responsible researcher: towards...
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PhD defense: What is a 'scientific breakthrough?' 14 February 2017Jos Winnink will defend his PhD dissertation, entitled “Early-stage detection of breakthrough-class scientific research”, on Wednesday February 22, 20...
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Rubicon grant Stefan de Jong 17 January 2017His two year Rubicon project is about the effect of university policies on societal engagement of academics in the social sciences and humanities.
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Four social and behavioural 2016 prize winners 12 January 2017Following the New Year's speech of Dean Hanna Swaab a total of 4 prize winners were showered with praise and flowers during the new year's reception 1...
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Quantized careers 21 November 2016
The research of Cathelijn Waaijer shows that scientific careers and especially their early part consist of a succession of short-term posts, or ‘quant...
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Paul Wouters to judge $100 million competition 19 October 2016Prof. Paul Wouters (CWTS) has been appointed by the US based MacArthur Foundation as one of the judges to evaluate proposals in a competition for a gr...
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2016 John Ziman Award for Leiden Manifesto 06 September 2016
The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) has awarded its 2016 John Ziman Award for ‘a significant innovative cooperati...
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Americans more likely to finance presidential candidate with broad support base 12 April 2016Americans more often donate funds to a presidential candidate if the campaign is backed by financiers from different, recognised social groups. This i...
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Sarah de Rijcke new member of Science in Transition 14 October 2015
Science in Transition joins an international chorus that points out flaws in the science system and aim for change in the governance of science.