AGAIN SoS misuses concepts. Growth in journals is NOT the same as growth in knowledge! The former is exponential, while, according to N. Rescher (2006), the latter is linear, which creates diminishing returns on the latter - read and cite correctly! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Just before my annual leave this paper came out: "#Scandal in #scientific #reform". I ask whether we need scandalization to initiate and sustain reform. The quick answer: sometimes, yes, but less often if we sort out our institutions. A thread. 1/ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Connecting efficiency and responsiveness in China: public sentiments and stakeholder perspectives towards COVID-19 crisis governance", a paper by former PhD student and now assistant professor Ronghui Yang! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/di…

Voor democratisch uitgedaagde politici zijn universiteiten logische slachtoffers » Mare mareonline.nl/opinie/voor-de…

Still hiring! A second position on European Research Council (ERC) SupraValent! Here we are looking for someone who loves chemistry and wants to apply it to bioengineering. Come join our growing biomaterials team! MERLN Maastricht University vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht…

We just opened a call for 2-4 Associate Professors at our Department SV-fakultetet UiO. It is open to all specialisations of political science but there are some teaching areas where we especially need capacity. Deadline is Feb 3: jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Maastricht, de universiteit heeft jullie nodig! Woensdag 11 december om 14.30 uur op Plein 1992: stad en universiteit samen tegen de ontmanteling van het onderwijs in de regio!