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

Publish and Perish? Hyper-Competitive Culture, Performance and Well-being in Academia

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

013. Position Paper Vision on Publication Culture

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...

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 co...

002. Open Science: the Very Idea

Author: Frank Miedema This book: Describes recent developments in science from a historical, sociological, philosophical perspective and a personal view Provides a realistic narrative from personal experiences in science and the challenges of producing reliable knowledge For researchers, stakeholders and anyone interested in the history, philosophy and the current practice of science This book is open access, which means that you have free and...

002. Beleidsdoelen Gezonde Onderzoekscultuur NWO

NWO stelt per maart 2026 nieuwe beleidsdoelen voor een gezonde onderzoekscultuur vast. Daarmee concretiseert NWO de ambities uit haar huidige strategie ‘Wetenschap werkt!’, waarin een gezonde onderzoekscultuur één van de vier bouwstenen is van een sterk en veerkrachtig wetenschaps- en innovatiesysteem. Met deze doelen onderstreept NWO dat werken aan een gezonde onderzoekscultuur geen eenmalige opgave is, maar een voortdurende verantwoordelijkh...

Podcast Fairly Recognised #Three episodes @Utrecht University

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 report...

‘Kijk niet wat ik ben, maar wie’ - academicus Kenny Meesters heeft geen belangstelling voor ladder

024. ‘Ik heb het liever over onderwijsplezier’ - in gesprek met het onderwijscollectief van de Vrije Universiteit

Book: Re-envisioning Academic Citizenship

Book: Redeveloping Academic Career Frameworks for Twenty-First Century Higher Education

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, t...

Recognition & Rewards for internationals: to start with

Dear international, We are pleased that you have found our platform. We understand that Recognition & Rewards may raise questions, and we will do our best to answer them as thoroughly as possible. For frequently asked questions, please refer to this Q&A. These two documents are the starting point to dive into the developments: Roadmap Room for Everyone's Talent in practice Position Paper Room for Everyone's Talent As you probably understand,...

002. The sand in the gears of large-scale interdisciplinary research: uncovering bottom-up rearrangements of university infrastructure

What do we (think we) know about narrative CVs?

Weg met de ‘profkip’, zegt De Jonge Akademie

010. How insights from network theory can boost interdisciplinary efforts

Source: The Transmitter Communication on one interdisciplinary research team improved after the researchers turned an analysis technique used to study the brain on themselves and identified the roles people played in lab meetings. BY EMILY SINGER23 FEBRUARY 2026 Linda Douw’s work is interdisciplinary by design. She works with neuroscientists, physicists, clinicians, engineers and philosophers to try to understand the various ways brai...