Very excited that our article on the governing of science is now published in Minerva (OA)! We’re reflecting on the politics of research evaluation (i.a. metrics) and argue for a global research approach accounting for transnational and discursive dynamics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Governing Science through Evaluation: A Global Heuristic of Research Evaluation Regimes - Minerva

Minerva - The article presents a theoretical reflection on research evaluation regimes – state-initiatives historically installed in European countries to coordinate the distribution of...

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Very happy to share that my monograph on the negotiation of global asymmetries of science has been recently published! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/colonial-leg...

Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean

Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean - Negotiating Social Knowledge Production in Research and Career-Making; This book examines how Anglo-Caribbean scholars navigate globa...

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In two hours, our guest speaker @alexcsiszar.bsky.social will present his work on E. Garfield's global travels providing insight into how standards such as ‘peer review’ were exported beyond the USA and Britain. much looking forward to this global history of science talk - come & join (link below)

Jelena Brankovic@jelena3121.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I am thrilled to invite you to tomorrow's (Oct. 29) lecture by @alexcsiszar.bsky.social: "Exporting publication standards: Eugene Garfield's global travels" We're starting at 11 AM (CET). You can join us on Zoom or, if you're around, at Schönhauser Allee 10-11 in Berlin. More in the link below 👇

Auf diesem #dgs2025 ging es schon so viel um die Autonomie der Wissenschaft! Morgen trage ich um 09:00 in LX 1203 zur Regierung der Wissenschaft vor und kann schon spoilern, dass Evaluationen extrem politisch sind. #dgs2025 #preprint gibts auch schon (s. Thread)

Meta Cramer@metacramer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Für Freitag, 26.09, um 09:00, habe ich mit @martinreinhart.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy eine Ad-Hoc Gruppe zum 'Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Politik in Transition' organisiert und stelle zu einem gemeinsamen Artikel zur Steuerung der Wissenschaft vor. www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...

Heute Nachmittag trage ich zur Verbindung von post- & dekolonialen Kritiken und Wissenschaftsforschung vor und überlege, wie eine globale Wissenschaftssoziologie aussehen könnte. Freue mich!:) 14:15, MG 272. @wisstechdgs.bsky.social

Meta Cramer@metacramer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Am Donnerstag, 25.09, 14:15 trage ich in der Sektionsveranstaltung der @wisstechdgs.bsky.social zu ‚Transnationalen Transitionsprozessen der globalen Wissenschaft‘ vor und bringe dafür globale Soziologien und Wissenschaftsforschung in einen Dialog. www.conftool.com/dgskongress2...

Ich freue mich auf den #dgskongress2025 der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social nächste Woche! Donnerstag präsentiere ich Überlegungen zu einer globalen Wissenschaftssoziologie in der @wisstechdgs.bsky.social und am Freitag dazu, wie sich die Steuerung der Wissenschaft int. vergleichend untersuchen lässt.

in a similar direction, @martinreinhart.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy and I recently published a pre-print on the governing of science through research evaluation which is crucially arguing for accounting for the politics of evaluation and a global comparative approach. zenodo.org/records/1653...

Meta Cramer@metacramer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

really important piece on how metrics can be used as instruments of repression & undermine academic freedom, intellectual diversity, and public responsibility! However, I would argue that they are also controlling in democractic settings and no see systems as a binary distinction.

really important piece on how metrics can be used as instruments of repression & undermine academic freedom, intellectual diversity, and public responsibility! However, I would argue that they are also controlling in democractic settings and no see systems as a binary distinction.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 12mo ago

💥 New: How authoritarian states co-opt academic modernisation and bibliometrics for control ✍️ Aikerim Bektemirova #AcademicSky #HigherEducation #ScholComm

I've co-organised our bi-weekly lecture series for the upcoming winter semester together with @jelena3121.bsky.social and could not be more excited about the wonderful speakers who will present their work! :) Come and join - participation always open both in person in Berlin and via zoom!

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RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We're super excited to announce the programme for our Jour Fixe in the upcoming semester! Every other Wednesday at 11am, guest speakers will present their current work on science and we are thrilled to welcome fantastic colleagues! Everyone is welcome, zoom links on our website. @ibi-hu.bsky.social

Interested in platforms, data integration, and scientific infrastructure? This Wednesday at RMZ, at 11:00 AM (Berlin time), Amelia Acker will present her research on the topic. It's hybrid! Details below 👇

RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · last yr.

Next Wednesday, 28.05.25, 11:00, Amelia Acker (University of Texas at Austin) will present her work on "Platform Power and Data Integration Services in Scientific Infrastructure" Join us online or in-person! www.rmz.hu-berlin.de... @ibi-hu.bsky.social

On my way to Helsinki to co-present with M. Reinhart on research evaluation systems from a global perspective at #RESSH: we think about who steers science through evaluation, the role of transnationality & governmentality. Excited for the discussion, preprint available zenodo.org/records/1496...

Janne Pölönen@jpolonen.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 The Draft Programme of the #RESSH2025 conference is published! 46 presentations, 5 posters, and a keynote by Toma Tasovac: "Reshaping Research Assessment: What Research Infrastructures Have Got to Do With It?" Info and registration: vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/re...

Neues aus dem Berlin Science Survey: In ihrer Mitteilung stellen unsere Kolleg:innen Ergebnisse bzgl. des Stresslevels von Wissenschaftler:innen vor: Gut die Hälfte der Befragten fühlt sich regelmäßig von der Arbeit körperlich oder emotional erschöpft. www.berlinsciencesur...

Wissenschaftliches Personal an der Belastungsgrenze

Diese Nachricht erscheint im Newsletter der BUA im April 2025.

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We are happy to announce the programme of our Jour Fixe for the upcoming semester! Every other Wednesday at 11am, different scholars present their current work on science studies and we have a discussion. Registration is not necessary and you can join us via zoom or in person at the RMZ!

This morning's reading😍 "forcing replication based on a foreign (quantitative) notion of research quality into qualitative research communities can be seen as epistemic trespassing: infringing on local principles of proper (non-positivist and non-realist) qualitative research" osf.io/preprints/so...

Die Nachrichten aus den USA sind so furchterregend, dass man sich ja einfach nur noch wegducken will. Wer es ein wenig geordnet & kompakt haben möchte: Mir wurde heute der DFG Newsletter Nordamerika empfohlen, den Tipp gebe ich gerne weiter. Kann man abonnieren.

Vielversprechende Ausgabe zu Soziologie und Postkolonialität @mittelweg36.bsky.social herausgegeben u.a. von @manuelaboatca.bsky.social: www.hamburger-edition.de/zeitschrift-...

Nach den Imperien? Soziologie und Postkolonialität

»Es geht in dieser Diskussion nicht allein darum, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus stärker ins Zentrum soziologischer Forschung zu rücken oder einige kanonische Texte durch andere zu ersetzen, sondern ...

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"Nicht mehr internationale Spitze" Jedes Jahr wird weltweit überprüft, wie frei Wissenschaftler arbeiten können. Jetzt ist Deutschland beim "Academic Freedom Index" aus der Spitzengruppe gefallen. Was steckt dahinter? Ein Interview. Im Tagesspiegel & im #WiardaBlog: www.jmwiarda.de/2025/03/13/n...

I won't lie if I tell you that I am a little bit proud of having brought Cyrillic script to the homepage of today's University World News 😊 #students #serbia @uniworldnews.bsky.social

Student-led protests: Part of a broader fight for justice

The nationwide protests led by Serbian students are rooted in local realities but resonate globally. They highlight the critical role of students and ...

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spannender Vortrag morgen zur neuen Wissenschaftsmacht China, die innerhalb der letzten 30 Jahre in wissenschaftlichen Rankings Spitzenplätze einnahm und dessen autoritäres Wissenschaftsmodel viele landläufige Annahmen und Normen in der OECD-Welt herausfordert. Teilnahme wie immer offen - freu mich!

RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 2y ago

In unserem morgigen Jour Fixe spricht Anna Ahlers vom @mpiwg.bsky.social zu "China als neue Wissenschaftsmacht" und stellt erste Ergebnisse ihrer interdisziplinären Forschungsgruppe vor. www.rmz.hu-berlin.de/de/termine/r... Teilnahme per zoom oder Präsenz in Berlin.

In this week's episode Dimity Stephen (DZHW) and @metacramer.bsky.social (HU) talk about how debates on predatory publishing lack empirical substantiation and ignore geopolitical inequalities as well as researchers’ motivations. blogs.hu-berlin.de/scienceworks...

fantastic new article by F. Beigel on the "global dispute" about "the definition of the academic editors’ place in scholarly publishing, the establishment of the institutional owners of the journals, and the limits of the role played by the publishers" direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

The transformative relation between publishers and editors: Research quality and academic autonomy at stake

Abstract. The prevalence of scientific journals amid the expansion of digital platforms and mega-infrastructures features the persistent will of scholars to give part of their time to this endeavor, w...

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this wednesday, 08.01, 11am! I will speak about the new project I'm working on investigating transnational& global publishing cultures, #predatorypublishing, metrics, the "pressure to publish", #governmentality and critique :) Join us in Berlin or via zoom www.rmz.hu-berlin.de/de/termine/r...

RMZ Jour fixe/ Predatory publishing practices: Paper tigers or actual threats from evaluation systems?

Dimity Stephen (DZHW) und Meta Cramer (RMZ, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

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Meta Cramer@metacramer.bsky.social · 2y ago

ever wondered what predatory publishing has to do with disciplinary publishing cultures, global inequalities and moral panics? Together with D.Stephen & M.Reinhart, I will speak about our new project on Predatory Publishing on 08.01, 11am @hu-rmz.bsky.social www.rmz.hu-berlin.de/en/news-and-...

ever wondered what predatory publishing has to do with disciplinary publishing cultures, global inequalities and moral panics? Together with D.Stephen & M.Reinhart, I will speak about our new project on Predatory Publishing on 08.01, 11am @hu-rmz.bsky.social www.rmz.hu-berlin.de/en/news-and-...

super wichtige neue empirische Daten untermauern die Forderungen nach besseren Arbeitsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft! Hohe Arbeitsbelastung führt zu Qualitätsabstrichen @ngawiss.bsky.social @nnwiss.bsky.social @amreibahr.bsky.social #IchBinHanna Bericht aus dem Berlin Science Survey.

RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Der Berlin Science Survey zeigt, dass qualitätssichernde Praktiken weit verbreitet sind. Dennoch führt eine hohe Arbeitsbelastung in der Wissenschaft dazu, dass immer wieder Qualitätsabstriche gemacht werden müssen – besonders in der Forschung." www.berlinsciencesurvey.de/de/bua-news-...

re-reading this article again, so I might as well share it: check out @acsiszar.bsky.social fantastic contribution on the historical genealogy of bibiometrics and its entanglement with international bureaucratic projects fueled by European imperial anxieties www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Provincializing Impact : From Imperial Anxiety to Algorithmic Universalism: Osiris: Vol 38

Abstract During the Cold War bibliometrics took on a privileged role in the discourse of global scientific development. This essay locates a key condition of possibility for this development in the co...

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check out the new podcast "Science Works" by @hu-rmz.bsky.social in which guests at our Centre talk about their work in #sciencestudies. In the first episode, Thomas Wahl (Mälardalens Universitet, Sweden) speaks about "Re-imagining humanness. Popular science narratives of AI futures".

RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have a podcast! At RMZ, we regularly invite guests to speak about their work and are now releasing a podcast with recordings of our guests' talk on discussions, positions and developments in the field of #sciencestudies open.spotify.com/show/2dUjTTU... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

my team is on BlueSky! follow @hu-rmz.bsky.social for updates on talks we host, contributions by our team members and other activities of the Robert K. Merton Centre for Science Studies at Humboldt University Berlin! we are broadly interested in understanding how scientific knowledge is produced :)

RMZ HU@hu-rmz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hi BlueSky! We at RMZ Berlin analyse how scientific knowledge is produced and how science is embedded in social processes. We will post about events, contributions of our team etc. on this platform and look forward to meet the #sts #sociologyofscience #sciencepolicy #bibliometrics communities here!

Thanks @ingaulnicane.bsky.social for featuring my blog post on local resistance to #Big #Science on the Europe for Knowledge blog 🙏 If you are interested in the science-society interface, go check it out: era.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/11/25/w....

When does local resistance to Big Science persist and raise wide-spread attention? Lessons learned from the Thirty Meter Telescope controversy.

Anna-Lena Rüland Large science projects, also known as “Big Science”, are typically presented as a win-win for all stakeholders involved, including for the local community. Yet research has shown that...

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come join our team! :) my colleague Jens Ambrasat is hiring a survey researcher to work in a project on science transfer in Berlin - 4 years, great city, really nice team & good vibes :) haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt „Transfersurvey“ mit vorauss. Vollzeit - E 13 TV-L HU (Drittmittelfinanzierung befristet für 4 Jahre)

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Here is the starter pack for folks in science of science, meta science, STS, philosophy of science, history of science, economics of science, science policy, AI+science, and so on. Feel free to nominate and self-nominate! #SciSci #STS #MetaScience #SciPol #AI4Science #ScAISci go.bsky.app/2R1E4TD