Alex Rushforth

Sociologist of science, focusing on research assessment reform, uses of performance indicators and nonprofit open scholarly platforms @cwtsleiden

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

@vangoghforever Exquisite

[Jens Peter Andersen @ipoga]

What is disruption in science? I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University. If interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

Very pleased to appear in this volume alongside so many STS luminaries! Sarah de Rijcke and I have a chapter on performance indicators in academia.

[Ulrike Felt @Ulrike_Felt]

Finally, some years of work and engagement have materialised in this encyclopedia of #STS. Many thanks to the + 90 authors who contributed! And what a pleasure it has been to go on that adventure with Alan Irwin - thanks for being such a great colleague, conspirator and friend!

[Open Science NL (@opensciencenl.bsky.social) @OpenScience_NL]

Future-proof Open Access Publishing in NL: petition is open to sign. A call to commit to community values and #openscience principles in new publishing contracts 👉https://t.co/CmPDjeuKlA
This petition was initiated during the Open Science Retreat in Schoorl in March 2024.

[Renaud Foucart @RenaudFoucart]

Universities need to pivot to teaching retired people more: (i) wealthy growing share of the population with time to spare (ii) huge potential for de-radicalization by putting them in touch with recent research - they vote more, they can't live in a parallel information universe

[Kean Birch @keanbirch]

#Anthropic getting in trouble for scraping websites without permission according to @FT || https://t.co/3dJnhCYAOx

[MyScienceWork @MyScienceWork]

Problems with paying to publish

Publication fees have made many journals inaccessible to scholars worldwide at a time when #openscience is widely promoted!

What are the issues with this model? Read this article by Thed van Leeuwen & @andrebrasilbsb

https://t.co/Em5dPidR1o

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

Is the pay-to-publish model for open access pricing scientists out?

https://t.co/fSVkrR1aGp

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

@UKLabour Congratz @JoPlattLeigh - really pleased for you 😃

[Ehsan Masood @EhsanMasood]

In this week's @Nature, we're asking readers to reflect on the PI funding model: Is it fundamentally broken? If it is, what might the alternatives be? The editorial https://t.co/gsZbQOEBWR includes a survey for research hiring managers: and a poll: https://t.co/D4lULMXB82

[CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsleiden]

🎉We are excited to announce that our @cwts colleagues @ThomasFranssen, @AlexRushforth & @juditvar co-developed the brand-new bachelor's programme “Science for Sustainable Societies” with several colleagues across @LeidenU.

More information here 👉 https://t.co/lzI9kE7F9X

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

Re-plugging this afternoon's CWTS seminar by @PeterWoelert on administrative burden in universities. 3pm (CEST).

If you would like to join online, the link is can be found here... https://t.co/otEgiv1gQc

[CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsleiden]

In next Friday's seminar at CWTS, @PeterWoelert will talk about "Administrative burden in universities: Key dimensions, potential drivers, and implications for university-based research"

🗓️ Fri 14 June 2024, 3.00 PM (CEST)
📌at CWTS & online

More info 👇
https://t.co/cLuEjrUJG3

[Peter Woelert @PeterWoelert]

Many thanks to CWTS in Leiden for inviting me to talk about the issue of administrative burden at universities next Friday at 3pm CEST. As part of this, I will present some of the key findings from our admin burden survey conducted across Australian universities last year.

[Mary Frank Fox @MaryFrankFox1]

Interview with J. Cole on sociology of science: founding and development of the field !

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

Pet moan: journals that only let you enter 150 word abstracts on their systems. Any reason why it couldn't be 200 or 250?

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

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

[Leiden Madtrics @LeidenMadtrics]

🆕The Evaluation & Culture focal area at CWTS focuses on the changing faces of research quality, scholarly communication, and research assessment. Want to know more about its agenda for the coming five years? Here is our new blog post 👇https://t.co/RZBvnbqZEN @cwtsleiden

[Alex Rushforth @RushforthAlex]

@Stephen_Curry There was a famous ethnography of Daresbury by John Law - called Organizing Modernity and published in 1994. Not sure if you go that far back with the place?!

[CWTS | Leiden University @cwtsleiden]

🆕 Interesting paper published about practising responsible research assessment.

👏 Congrats to @RushforthAlex & Sarah de Rijcke

📰 Read the paper here 👉https://t.co/1GuoEYWjrn

[David Budtz Pedersen @HumanomicsMap]

@profmarkreed 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