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  • 014. 'Universities must allocate structural resources to foster academic culture' – an interview with Sarah de Rijcke, rector of Leiden University

    Long before “Erkennen & Waarderen” became a program, Prof. Dr. Sarah de Rijcke raised questions in her academic research about the functioning of academic assessment dynamics. In late 2025, De Rijcke took office as rector of Leiden University. As an administrator, how does she envision the future of the program? One of the recurring themes in Sarah de Rijcke’s academic career is research on measurement methods for responsible and ethical research. In essence, the question is: how do you ass...

  • ‘Universiteiten moeten structurele capaciteit vrijmaken voor academische cultuur’ - interview met de Leidse rector Sarah de Rijcke

    for English, click here Al lang voordat Erkennen & Waarderen een programma werd, stelde prof. Dr. Sarah de Rijcke in haar wetenschappelijke onderzoek vragen bij het functioneren van academische beoordelingsdynamieken. Eind 2025 trad De Rijcke aan als rector magnificus aan de Universiteit Leiden. Hoe ziet ze als bestuurder de toekomst van het programma? Eén van de onderwerpen die de rode draad vormen in de wetenschappelijke loopbaan van Sarah de Rijcke, is onderzoek naar meetmethodes voor ve...

  • Podcast Fairly Recognised #Third episode: Hands-on and value-driven

    Source: personal Substack Newsletter @sanlifaez Listen te the podcast here. Content from the newsletter: In the 3rd episode of our mini-series on experiences with the recognition and rewards programme at Utrecht University we will hear from Paul Boselie, who is at the steering wheel of the open science programme about combining his executive task with his academic expertise on human resource management. In the past two episodes, we have heard from Henk Kummeling, former rector magnificus on t...

  • Lancering PhD of the Future-gids

    Ben je erbij? In de PhD of the future gids laten Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN), The Young Academy en NEWS zien hoe zij de toekomst van het promotietraject voor zich zien. Met inspirerende voorbeelden van promovendi die hun PhD samen met maatschappelijke partners vormgeven, en waarbij deze samenwerking ook wordt erkend in hun promotie. Een pleidooi voor een promotietraject waarin wetenschap en samenleving structureel verbonden zijn, waarin maatschappelijke impact, open science en diverse ...

  • Podcast Fairly Recognised #Second episode @Utrecht University

    Quoted from @sanlifaez newsletter on Substack: Utrecht University has a very active Young Academy. Four of its members, Verena Seibel, Marij Swinkels, Gerbrand Koren, and Chiara Fresia have performed a survey on one aspect of the recognition and rewards programme: the TRIPLE model for promotions. Their results, reveal a mixed picture on the perception of young academics who are subject to this evaluation system. According to these researchers “The TRIPLE model has strong potential to create ...

  • New Code of Conduct clarifies how we want to behave toward each other

    By @brigitspan at the TU/e website “The new Code of Conduct helps clarify what desirable behavior looks like in day-to-day practice.” Photo: Bart van OverbeekeThe CORe values of our university, Curious, Open, Respectful, and Responsible, or CORe for short, were established at the end of 2024. But how do we work, study, and live together at our university? Our values have now been translated into a new Code of Conduct for the entire TU/e community, clarifying how we want to behave toward o...

  • Podcast Fairly Recognised #Three episodes @Utrecht University

    This is the first of three episodes on the reform of research and research assessment at Utrecht University and reflections on it: an in-depth conversation with Henk Kömeling, who was Vice-Chancellor and a member of the University Board when the programme was first rolled out. He is currently Chair of the Steering Board of CoARA, an international coalition working on reforming research assessment. Listen the episode here. For an introduction, please keep reading: A proper assessment system f...

  • What is a university actually for? - column Univers (TiU)

    Source: Univers, independent news source of Tilburg University ‘Universities are expected to deliver measurable results: faster degrees, more graduates, and research with economic outcomes,’ writes Yeşim Topuz. ‘The question of what the value of education is gets lost.’ Yeşim Topuz. Beeld Ton ToemenLately, education has been talked about in terms of what it produces rather than what it is or does to us. For example in the 2024 OECD PISA reports, which frame declining test scores primarily as ...

  • EU considers model contracts for academic researchers

    Source: sciencebusiness.net Voluntary model contracts could boost researcher mobility and set standards for career development, says Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva By Martin Greenacre Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva responded to MEPs’ questions on the upcoming ERA Act. Photo credits: Fred Marvaux / European Union The European Commission is exploring the feasibility of issuing model employment contracts for European researchers, to support mobility and make careers in research mo...

  • Weg met de ‘profkip’, zegt De Jonge Akademie

    03 / 03 / 2026 | Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau | Bas BellemanBeperk het aantal promovendi per begeleider, adviseert De Jonge Akademie. Anders krijg je ‘profkippen’ die te weinig tijd hebben voor de beginnende wetenschappers onder hun vleugels. PHOTO BY: BORIS CREMERS Voor een cultuuromslag heb je soms een nieuw woord nodig. In de strijd tegen de bio-industrie werd het woord plofkip bedacht. De Jonge Akademie lanceert vandaag een variant: de profkip. Met een schotschrift van drie pagina’s (plus e...

  • ‘I want to see something change in my lifetime’ (TU/e)

    source: website TU/e Wellbeing series: @andreakis dealt with a burnout and personal change during her PhD. Now, she’s pursuing change in the academic world through conversation such as the event Responsible Research Conversations on Thursday, September 18. Photo: Bart van OverbeekeAs a third generation PhD researcher from Hungary, Andrea Kis was following a family tradition when she arrived at TU/e in late 2019 to start her PhD. Her research focused on ways to improve academia and allevi...

  • Leo Lucassen over Erkennen & Waarderen: 'Ruimte voor ieders talent' (KNAW)

    februari 2026, bron: website KNAW Wetenschap is tegenwoordig meer dan publiceren en subsidies binnenhalen. In het landelijke programma Erkennen & Waarderen (E&W) staan bijvoorbeeld ook het belang van leiderschap, samenwerking en maatschappelijke impact centraal. De KNAW ondersteunt dit programma als aanjager van de wetenschap én als werkgever van twaalf instituten. Samen met Leo Lucassen, directeur IISG en oud-voorzitter van de Stuurgroep E&W bij de KNAW bespreken we de voortgang van het pro...

  • ‘Our obsession with innovation risks undermining science’ TU/e

    February 2026 TU/e door @brigitspan “Innovation is the holy grail of science, but the drive for novelty has taken on obsessive forms.” Engineer-philosopher Krist Vaesen wrote a book on neomania in science: Krist Vaesen with his book Neomania. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke Science is driven by an insatiable hunger for innovation. But this fixation on novelty does not make science stronger. It makes it more vulnerable, argues engineer-philosopher Krist Vaesen in his book Neomania: How Our Obs...

  • Nieuw statuut promovendi: opleidingsprogramma op de schop (UT)

    20 / 02 / 2026 | Rense Kuipers UToday De UT past het statuut voor promovendi per 1 maart aan. Met name de opzet van het opleidingsprogramma wijzigt. Ook schuift een onafhankelijke wetenschapper aan bij het voortgangsgesprek in het voorlaatste jaar. Photo by: Frans Nikkels (Archief U-Today, bij een proefschriftverdediging)De universiteit wil met de update van het promovendistatuut, ook wel bekend als ‘PhD Charter’, aansluiten op het landelijke adviesdocument genaamd ‘Een gezonde praktijk in he...

  • 011. Utrecht: Recognition & Rewards: staff members frustrated and uncertain about their careers

    Voor Nederlands, kijk hier Many UU scientists are stressed out because of Triple, the university's new career policy. They often do not understand what they need to do to move ahead in their careers, according to the Utrecht Young Academy. However, another study shows that lecturer-researchers actually appreciate the modified promotion process. How can this be reconciled? Dutch universities wish to shift away from using publication counts or a candidate's ability to generate income as decidi...

  • Maastricht Young Academy publishes critical report on Recognition & Rewards

    Lack of transparency and unclear career paths 07-01-2026 · Observantonline MAASTRICHT. The Recognition & Rewards programme has so far had little impact on the careers of many academics at Maastricht University, according to a study by the Maastricht Young Academy (MYA) among over one hundred respondents. There is a lack of transparency regarding assessment criteria and uncertainty about career paths. Various respondents point out that the programme has not yet put an end to academic nepotis...

  • The job satisfaction of assistant professors

    The academic ladder symbolises a career that moves upwards step by step along a traditional path. This individual, narrow ladder stands in sharp contrast to the new, in line with Recognition & Rewards diverse career paths and the strengthening of the scientific team. On top of that, the reality is that academic institutions do not have the budget to finance a straight upward trajectory for every individual scientist. And, perhaps even more importantly, the question is: isn't the prospect of ...

  • Podcast #Fairly Recognised 5: I don't want to become a professor

    A conversation with Wim Otte on the role of the university for society and finding meaning in an academic career. Quote from programma managers @sanlifaez' Substack-newsletter: 'Why do we choose an academic career? The answer to this question is different for every person. If you ask me, we do not discuss it frequently enough, and perhaps not even reflect enough on it for ourselves. In the fascinating but laborious academic life, it may take many years to get a feeling of sufficiency and ach...

  • Leiden University launches strategic framework for scientific publishing

    Source: website Leiden University, published on 11 December 2025 Leiden University has adopted its first Strategic Publication Framework for publishing the works of its researchers. With this framework our university takes another major step towards making open science the norm and setting Academia in Motion. The Strategic Publication Framework addresses pressing issues relating to scientific publishing such as transparency and financial sustainability. Making strategic publication choices is...

  • Fairly Recognised-podcastserie: duik in de haarvaten van Erkennen & Waarderen

    OPROEP deze podcastserie is EXPLICIET bedoeld voor de mid-career wetenschapper die het Erkennen & Waarderen programma nog niet volledig heeft doorgrond. BEN JIJ zo iemand of nog beter: KEN JIJ (via via wellicht) zo'n keihard werkende (en juist vanwege al dit fantastische toegewijde werk) moeilijk te traceren academicus? Deel dit bericht, luister de podcast en verzeker jezelf of de ander van een plunjezakje bagage dat verrijkt op weg naar een toekomstbestendige, eerlijke en collectief gewaarde...