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Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) @unileiden.bsky.social
Engagement & Inclusion | Evaluation & Culture | Information & Openness
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📌 Leiden, the Netherlands
Engagement & Inclusion | Evaluation & Culture | Information & Openness
🌐 cwts.nl
📌 Leiden, the Netherlands
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Don't forget to join our seminar on public opinion and science communication this afternoon!
📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'.
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey
For science communication to achieve informed citizenries and meaningful public engagement with science, it is instrumental to analyse how people perceive scientists and communicate about science. How...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Don't forget to join our seminar on public opinion and science communication this afternoon!
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It's only a week away to the TCC Africa Webinar "Reframing University Rankings: Visibility, Open Science & Global South Leadership." Our PM Giovanna Lima will share about the interplay between responsible assessment and rankings. You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
It's only a week away to the TCC Africa Webinar "Reframing University Rankings: Visibility, Open Science & Global South Leadership." Our PM Giovanna Lima will share about the interplay between responsible assessment and rankings. You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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✍️ How global is research assessment reform? In a new blog post, Nina Gogadze introduces an interactive dashboard that brings CoARA signatories into clearer view: showing where the organisations are located and how action plan engagement is evolving.
Read here 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/lau...
Read here 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/lau...
Launch of a new tool to track CoARA signatories
How global is research assessment reform? Our author explores a practical, interactive dashboard she developed, allowing users to easily view up-to-date information on CoARA signatories worldwide, the...
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January 21, 2026 at 9:47 AM
✍️ How global is research assessment reform? In a new blog post, Nina Gogadze introduces an interactive dashboard that brings CoARA signatories into clearer view: showing where the organisations are located and how action plan engagement is evolving.
Read here 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/lau...
Read here 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/lau...
📄 New paper: What Emotions Bring to Managing, Caring for, and Sharing Qualitative Data.
Co-authored by @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social, the paper examines how emotions influence the production, management, interpretation, and sharing of qualitative research data.
📘 Read here: doi.org/10.47989/ir3...
Co-authored by @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social, the paper examines how emotions influence the production, management, interpretation, and sharing of qualitative research data.
📘 Read here: doi.org/10.47989/ir3...
What Emotions Bring to Managing, Caring for, and Sharing Qualitative Data
| Information Research an international electronic journal
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January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
📄 New paper: What Emotions Bring to Managing, Caring for, and Sharing Qualitative Data.
Co-authored by @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social, the paper examines how emotions influence the production, management, interpretation, and sharing of qualitative research data.
📘 Read here: doi.org/10.47989/ir3...
Co-authored by @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social, the paper examines how emotions influence the production, management, interpretation, and sharing of qualitative research data.
📘 Read here: doi.org/10.47989/ir3...
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Looking forward to visiting @unileiden.bsky.social and speaking in the research seminar series of @cwtsnl.bsky.social this Friday. Come to CWTS or join online! 👇
📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'.
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey
For science communication to achieve informed citizenries and meaningful public engagement with science, it is instrumental to analyse how people perceive scientists and communicate about science. How...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Looking forward to visiting @unileiden.bsky.social and speaking in the research seminar series of @cwtsnl.bsky.social this Friday. Come to CWTS or join online! 👇
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Very much looking forward to this seminar, touching not only on science communication, but also trust and politics. Do join us online or in person at CWTS!
📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'.
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey
For science communication to achieve informed citizenries and meaningful public engagement with science, it is instrumental to analyse how people perceive scientists and communicate about science. How...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Very much looking forward to this seminar, touching not only on science communication, but also trust and politics. Do join us online or in person at CWTS!
📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'.
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey
For science communication to achieve informed citizenries and meaningful public engagement with science, it is instrumental to analyse how people perceive scientists and communicate about science. How...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 19, 2026 at 9:33 AM
📣 In our next research seminar, @nielsmede.bsky.social from @w-u-r.bsky.social will talk about 'Public opinion and communication about science: Global evidence from a 68-country survey'.
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 23/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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The #LeidenRanking was featured yesterday in the #NewYorkTimes.
Important to be aware that NYT looked only at the publication output indicator in the Leiden Ranking, not at any of the other indicators. Only very limited conclusions can be drawn from this!
Important to be aware that NYT looked only at the publication output indicator in the Leiden Ranking, not at any of the other indicators. Only very limited conclusions can be drawn from this!
📰 The CWTS Leiden Ranking has been featured in @nytimes.com. Using the publication output indicator of the Leiden Ranking, the NYT piece explores changes of top positions of universities from the US and China over time.
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The #LeidenRanking was featured yesterday in the #NewYorkTimes.
Important to be aware that NYT looked only at the publication output indicator in the Leiden Ranking, not at any of the other indicators. Only very limited conclusions can be drawn from this!
Important to be aware that NYT looked only at the publication output indicator in the Leiden Ranking, not at any of the other indicators. Only very limited conclusions can be drawn from this!
📰 The CWTS Leiden Ranking has been featured in @nytimes.com. Using the publication output indicator of the Leiden Ranking, the NYT piece explores changes of top positions of universities from the US and China over time.
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
📰 The CWTS Leiden Ranking has been featured in @nytimes.com. Using the publication output indicator of the Leiden Ranking, the NYT piece explores changes of top positions of universities from the US and China over time.
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
@unileiden.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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Very much looking forward to next Friday's PeerRank workshop 'Research evaluation: from social choice to journal metrics' in Milan.
I will give a talk about 'Research assessment, scientometrics and peer review: The need for coordinated reform'.
www.unicatt.it/eventi/atene...
@cwtsnl.bsky.social
I will give a talk about 'Research assessment, scientometrics and peer review: The need for coordinated reform'.
www.unicatt.it/eventi/atene...
@cwtsnl.bsky.social
PeerRank - Milano
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January 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Very much looking forward to next Friday's PeerRank workshop 'Research evaluation: from social choice to journal metrics' in Milan.
I will give a talk about 'Research assessment, scientometrics and peer review: The need for coordinated reform'.
www.unicatt.it/eventi/atene...
@cwtsnl.bsky.social
I will give a talk about 'Research assessment, scientometrics and peer review: The need for coordinated reform'.
www.unicatt.it/eventi/atene...
@cwtsnl.bsky.social
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There is an opportunity for further discussion with Sam on January 16, when Sam will present his book in a seminar organized by @cwtsnl.bsky.social.
The seminar is hybrid and is open to all.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
The seminar is hybrid and is open to all.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Publishing beyond the market
This talk will outline the argument in my new book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). The book explores the evolution of the open ac...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is an opportunity for further discussion with Sam on January 16, when Sam will present his book in a seminar organized by @cwtsnl.bsky.social.
The seminar is hybrid and is open to all.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
The seminar is hybrid and is open to all.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Very much enjoyed @samuelmoore.org's book 'Publishing Beyond the Market'. doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Somewhat naively I was hoping Sam would present grand plan for fixing scholarly publishing, but instead Sam makes the interesting point that the idea we need such a plan is itself part of the problem!
Somewhat naively I was hoping Sam would present grand plan for fixing scholarly publishing, but instead Sam makes the interesting point that the idea we need such a plan is itself part of the problem!
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
<I>Publishing Beyond the Market</I> argues that the move to open access should focus less on the free accessibility of research outputs and more on who controls the publications and infrastructures fo...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Very much enjoyed @samuelmoore.org's book 'Publishing Beyond the Market'. doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Somewhat naively I was hoping Sam would present grand plan for fixing scholarly publishing, but instead Sam makes the interesting point that the idea we need such a plan is itself part of the problem!
Somewhat naively I was hoping Sam would present grand plan for fixing scholarly publishing, but instead Sam makes the interesting point that the idea we need such a plan is itself part of the problem!
📣 First research seminar of 2026! @samuelmoore.org, scholarly communication specialist at Cambridge University Library, will give a talk on 'Publishing beyond the market'.
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Publishing beyond the market
This talk will outline the argument in my new book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). The book explores the evolution of the open ac...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
📣 First research seminar of 2026! @samuelmoore.org, scholarly communication specialist at Cambridge University Library, will give a talk on 'Publishing beyond the market'.
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
❄️ As 2025 comes to an end, we wish you all a joyful holiday season and a happy new year. See you in 2026! ✨
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
❄️ As 2025 comes to an end, we wish you all a joyful holiday season and a happy new year. See you in 2026! ✨
📆 Mark your calendars! On January 13, our colleagues Judit Varga and Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner will give a webinar on how narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice. Sign up with the link below 👇
Upcoming RoRI webinar: Do Narrative CVs really change research evaluation?
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9
December 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📆 Mark your calendars! On January 13, our colleagues Judit Varga and Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner will give a webinar on how narrative CVs reshape research assessment in practice. Sign up with the link below 👇
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Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: Outcomes From A Public Forum To Discuss The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) Publishing Model – ASAPbio
At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and
asapbio.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
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According to Beigel et al (2025), commercial academic publishing oligopolies are draining science. They call for community control but, as @eleonoradagiene.bsky.social writes, the Lithuanian case shows this to be hard after dismantling domestic journal publishing infrastructure.
👇 Read the post now
👇 Read the post now
The drain of science: a call for action and the bridges we burned
Commercial academic publishing oligopolies are draining science. Beigel et al. (2025) call for community control, but the Lithuanian case shows this is difficult after dismantling domestic journal pub...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
According to Beigel et al (2025), commercial academic publishing oligopolies are draining science. They call for community control but, as @eleonoradagiene.bsky.social writes, the Lithuanian case shows this to be hard after dismantling domestic journal publishing infrastructure.
👇 Read the post now
👇 Read the post now
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On 14 November, leaders from across the global research ecosystem gathered for a workshop co-organized by ASAPbio, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, @dorassessment.bsky.social, and the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, to advance aligned strategies for reforming publishing and research assessment.
International Community Convenes In Pisa To Advance Coordinated Reform In Publishing And Research Assessment – ASAPbio
On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organisations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pisa,
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December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On 14 November, leaders from across the global research ecosystem gathered for a workshop co-organized by ASAPbio, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, @dorassessment.bsky.social, and the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, to advance aligned strategies for reforming publishing and research assessment.
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⚖️ Who is best in place to regulate the use of research output for training generative AI systems?
In our new post, Dmitry Kochetkov explores this question and shows how generative AI is reshaping copyright and the future of scholarly publishing.
Read more 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/cop...
In our new post, Dmitry Kochetkov explores this question and shows how generative AI is reshaping copyright and the future of scholarly publishing.
Read more 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/cop...
Copyright, GenAI, and the future of academic publishing
Generative artificial intelligence poses significant challenges to copyright law and the principles of open science. In a new preprint, I study this complex interplay and existing regulatory framework...
www.leidenmadtrics.nl
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
⚖️ Who is best in place to regulate the use of research output for training generative AI systems?
In our new post, Dmitry Kochetkov explores this question and shows how generative AI is reshaping copyright and the future of scholarly publishing.
Read more 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/cop...
In our new post, Dmitry Kochetkov explores this question and shows how generative AI is reshaping copyright and the future of scholarly publishing.
Read more 👉 www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/cop...
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Together with colleagues from @dorassessment.bsky.social, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @asapbio.bsky.social hosted a workshop to identify and advance joint actions to strengthen the research assessment and publishing reform movements. Learn more: asapbio.org/internationa...
International Community Convenes In Pisa To Advance Coordinated Reform In Publishing And Research Assessment – ASAPbio
On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organisations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pisa,
asapbio.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Together with colleagues from @dorassessment.bsky.social, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @asapbio.bsky.social hosted a workshop to identify and advance joint actions to strengthen the research assessment and publishing reform movements. Learn more: asapbio.org/internationa...
📣 Upcoming seminar: 'Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research', with Nelius Boshoff (Stellenbosch University) and Susanne Koch @tum.de.
📅 Friday, 5.12.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 5.12.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research
Inequalities in science have come under scrutiny in the last decade. Different strands of science studies, including scientometrics and sociological works, have examined geographic and gender inequali...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 Upcoming seminar: 'Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research', with Nelius Boshoff (Stellenbosch University) and Susanne Koch @tum.de.
📅 Friday, 5.12.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
📅 Friday, 5.12.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
🎓 We are delighted to announce that our colleague @sarahderijcke.nl, Professor of Science, Technology & Innovation Studies at CWTS, has been appointed as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University.
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University
Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Professor Hester Bijl, who will become Rector Magnificu...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🎓 We are delighted to announce that our colleague @sarahderijcke.nl, Professor of Science, Technology & Innovation Studies at CWTS, has been appointed as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University.
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach.
Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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MetaROR Turns One - MetaROR
An exciting year of open, community-driven evaluation of metaresearch One [...]
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎈 Time flies! Exactly one year ago today @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social launched MetaROR, a platform to publish metaresearch through the publish-review-curate approach.
Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Over the course of the year, we published 28 articles reviewed by 59 different reviewers.
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Very proud of @eleonoradagiene.bsky.social. It was a great pleasure to supervise her PhD research!
🎓 Last week, Dr. Eleonora Dagiene successfully defended her PhD thesis titled 'Quantitative research assessment and its unintended consequences' at Leiden University.
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Congratulations, Dr. Eleonora Dagienė!
On 30 October 2025, Eleonora Dagienė successfully defended her PhD thesis at Leiden University, titled ‘Quantitative Research Assessment and its Unintended Consequences’.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very proud of @eleonoradagiene.bsky.social. It was a great pleasure to supervise her PhD research!
🎓 Last week, Dr. Eleonora Dagiene successfully defended her PhD thesis titled 'Quantitative research assessment and its unintended consequences' at Leiden University.
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Congratulations, Dr. Eleonora Dagienė!
On 30 October 2025, Eleonora Dagienė successfully defended her PhD thesis at Leiden University, titled ‘Quantitative Research Assessment and its Unintended Consequences’.
www.universiteitleiden.nl
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎓 Last week, Dr. Eleonora Dagiene successfully defended her PhD thesis titled 'Quantitative research assessment and its unintended consequences' at Leiden University.
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!! 🥂
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...