Gaston Heimeriks
@gastonheimeriks.bsky.social
Innovation studies @UUCopernicus | Eu-SPRI | Deep Transitions | Science and Innovation Policy| Transformative and Open Science | SDGs
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A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew:
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew:
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What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
Access to Web of Science will end on 1 January 2026
The university library has decided not to renew the licence for access to the Web of Science citation database (including Journal Citation Reports).
www.uu.nl
September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...
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April 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Chats open - let us know if you would like to be added to (or removed from) our TIP starter pack!
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It seems that the Commission will indeed propose one big fund to cover all existing structural funds and the CAP and to organise the payout from this fund via a single national plan That would mean a huge departure from how the EU budget and the MFF negotiations have worked so far.
Here is why:
Here is why:
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It seems that the Commission will indeed propose one big fund to cover all existing structural funds and the CAP and to organise the payout from this fund via a single national plan That would mean a huge departure from how the EU budget and the MFF negotiations have worked so far.
Here is why:
Here is why:
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🔗 More info: euspri-forum.eu/call-for-par...
#STIPolicy #InnovationPolicy #SciencePolicy #GovernanceOfSTI #EUSPRI2025 #PhDOpportunity #EarlyCareerResearch #TransformativeInnovation #JustTransition
#STIPolicy #InnovationPolicy #SciencePolicy #GovernanceOfSTI #EUSPRI2025 #PhDOpportunity #EarlyCareerResearch #TransformativeInnovation #JustTransition
Call for Participation Eu-SPRI Early-Career Training School, Utrecht, 7-10 Oct – EUSPRI
euspri-forum.eu
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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📢 PhDs & Postdocs: Join the Eu-SPRI Early-Career Training School📍Utrecht, 7–10 Oct 2025
🎓 Governance of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy in Times of Transformation
✅ Deepen your expertise
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✅ Explore pathways to policy impact
🗓️Apply by 14 July. Link below👇
🎓 Governance of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy in Times of Transformation
✅ Deepen your expertise
✅ Engage with global scholars
✅ Explore pathways to policy impact
🗓️Apply by 14 July. Link below👇
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📢 PhDs & Postdocs: Join the Eu-SPRI Early-Career Training School📍Utrecht, 7–10 Oct 2025
🎓 Governance of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy in Times of Transformation
✅ Deepen your expertise
✅ Engage with global scholars
✅ Explore pathways to policy impact
🗓️Apply by 14 July. Link below👇
🎓 Governance of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy in Times of Transformation
✅ Deepen your expertise
✅ Engage with global scholars
✅ Explore pathways to policy impact
🗓️Apply by 14 July. Link below👇
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The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now.
Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days.
My Charlemagne this week
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days.
My Charlemagne this week
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
www.economist.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now.
Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days.
My Charlemagne this week
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days.
My Charlemagne this week
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Important and interesting work on EU regional cohesion policies and how they need to be reformed.
You can find the full policy paper here: t.co/2K51VGPxcM
Fixing Cohesion – How to Refocus Regional Policies in the EU
The EU’s cohesion policy is one of the biggest items in the EU budget and a central sticking point in the upcoming negotiations over the next seven-year funding cycle. Based on data from more than 2.4
www.delorscentre.eu
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Important and interesting work on EU regional cohesion policies and how they need to be reformed.
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Europe has a generational opportunity to generate a brain gain that would benefit its research and its economy, but funding needs to follow
It's not just a matter of attracting US-based scientists, it's also a matter of home growing scientists
It's not just a matter of attracting US-based scientists, it's also a matter of home growing scientists
This is a good plan - opening Belgian universities up to academics who want to leave the US - but the money has to follow. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/brain...
‘Braindrain’ uit de VS: Demir wil dat universiteiten hun deuren openzetten voor Amerikaanse wetenschappers
Nu steeds meer wetenschappers de VS overwegen te verlaten wegens het repressieve beleid van Donald Trump, zien Europese universiteiten hun kans om talent binnen te halen. Ook Vlaams minister van Onder...
www.demorgen.be
March 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Europe has a generational opportunity to generate a brain gain that would benefit its research and its economy, but funding needs to follow
It's not just a matter of attracting US-based scientists, it's also a matter of home growing scientists
It's not just a matter of attracting US-based scientists, it's also a matter of home growing scientists
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Here lies a monumental chance for European universities: recruit the best & brightest academics in America, axed by Musk - now!
www.ft.com/content/64ad...
www.ft.com/content/64ad...
Columbia University loses $400mn in US government grants
Federal agencies say the ivy league institution failed to protect Jewish students from harassment
www.ft.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here lies a monumental chance for European universities: recruit the best & brightest academics in America, axed by Musk - now!
www.ft.com/content/64ad...
www.ft.com/content/64ad...
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The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is out. While the communication is mostly a grab bag of announcements for future legislative proposals, it still marks a real shift in how the EU approaches industrial policy—and, for the most part, a positive one. Three key takeaways:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
February 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is out. While the communication is mostly a grab bag of announcements for future legislative proposals, it still marks a real shift in how the EU approaches industrial policy—and, for the most part, a positive one. Three key takeaways:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
A New Scientific Article on How SDG Knowledge Evolves in Universities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We explore how knowledge related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emerges within universities and we examine how knowledge communities form, evolve, and interact.
We explore how knowledge related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emerges within universities and we examine how knowledge communities form, evolve, and interact.
How Uncertain is the Emergence of Knowledge Related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? An Analysis of Scientific Knowledge Diversification at Utrecht University
The study of synergies and trade-offs among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has captured growing scientific interest. However, how scientific knowledge addressing multiple SDGs emerges and c....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A New Scientific Article on How SDG Knowledge Evolves in Universities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We explore how knowledge related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emerges within universities and we examine how knowledge communities form, evolve, and interact.
We explore how knowledge related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emerges within universities and we examine how knowledge communities form, evolve, and interact.
"The goal isn’t just to change who runs government agencies—it’s to fundamentally transform how power operates, shifting it from democratic institutions to technical systems controlled by a small elite."
I'd love people's help getting this out into major subreddits. Especially ones frequented by technology workers. The more people in Silicon Valley who know the truth, the better. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"The goal isn’t just to change who runs government agencies—it’s to fundamentally transform how power operates, shifting it from democratic institutions to technical systems controlled by a small elite."
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The Arizona State University charter is really rather lovely -
January 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Arizona State University charter is really rather lovely -
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Call for proposals for Doctoral Researchers and Early Career Researchers in Eu-SPRI member organisations.
Eu-SPRI Forum Early Career Researcher and PhD Circulation Award
Submission deadline: 11th March 2025
Further details are available on the Eu-SPRI website
bit.ly/3E7TmnX
January 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Call for proposals for Doctoral Researchers and Early Career Researchers in Eu-SPRI member organisations.
Eu-SPRI Forum Early Career Researcher and PhD Circulation Award
Submission deadline: 11th March 2025
Further details are available on the Eu-SPRI website
bit.ly/3E7TmnX
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Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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Utrecht University has formulated 10 Graduate Attributes which reflect what @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social believes is important in its students' development: from academic knowledge and skills to personal growth and societal responsibility. www.uu.nl/en/education...
December 20, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Utrecht University has formulated 10 Graduate Attributes which reflect what @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social believes is important in its students' development: from academic knowledge and skills to personal growth and societal responsibility. www.uu.nl/en/education...
"The Myth of the AI First Draft"
leonfurze.com/2024/02/21/t...
leonfurze.com/2024/02/21/t...
The Myth of the AI First Draft
I write daily, often for hours at a time. I’m an author of fiction and nonfiction, and even when I’m not writing something for publication I fill notebooks with ideas and frequently ill…
leonfurze.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:08 PM
"The Myth of the AI First Draft"
leonfurze.com/2024/02/21/t...
leonfurze.com/2024/02/21/t...
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I really liked the Google DeepMind paper on science for AI. There is a lot in there that was new to me. It is long, yes, but the encyclopaedic treatment -grounded in real examples- brings detail and colour to a discussion that suffers from under- and overhype.
November 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM
I really liked the Google DeepMind paper on science for AI. There is a lot in there that was new to me. It is long, yes, but the encyclopaedic treatment -grounded in real examples- brings detail and colour to a discussion that suffers from under- and overhype.
"If you want a theory that accounts for 1,000 years of inequality, you’ll need an independent variable, an underlying causal driver. For a minute I thought that, in assigning this role to productivity, the authors were onto something weird enough to be interesting."
issues.org/power-progre...
issues.org/power-progre...
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
"If you want a theory that accounts for 1,000 years of inequality, you’ll need an independent variable, an underlying causal driver. For a minute I thought that, in assigning this role to productivity, the authors were onto something weird enough to be interesting."
issues.org/power-progre...
issues.org/power-progre...
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Really interesting essay on the rise of populism and social contracts breaking down.
www.edelman.com/trust/edelma...
www.edelman.com/trust/edelma...
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Really interesting essay on the rise of populism and social contracts breaking down.
www.edelman.com/trust/edelma...
www.edelman.com/trust/edelma...