The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across E...

Version 1.0 of a chapter submitted for review in Handbook on Research Assessment in Social Sciences, Second Edition – 2027, Edited by Tim C.E. Engels & Emanuel Kulczycki.

Dispute about the validity of a metric for scientific innovation highlights the need for open research approaches in metascience

The CredIT taxonomy has become a feature of academic publishing, but has its potential for creating research insights been fully exploited?

Whether peer review needs revolution or evolution may be the wrong question. The more pressing one is whether the academic community is prepared to let scientific ideas be published, contested, and re...

Learned society for researchers researching research and metaresearch

Alliance to drive forward publish-review-curate model expected to launch in October

How metascience can help rather than hinder democracy

Caroline S. Wagner (1955-2026) was a highly regarded scholar in the field of science and technology policy. Paul Wouters reflects on her impressive contributions to research on science policy, the glo...

A major new RoRI report reveals that peer review is at a breaking point and outlines an ambitious blueprint for system-wide reform

Different types of national assessment systems face different threat levels

Welcome to Maastricht University! Are you an ambitious post-doctoral researcher with an Open Science mindset who seeks to unravel the threads of visibility and invisibility of staff across research pr...

Considering that 66% of PhD graduates that earn their degree from Dutch institutions work outside academia, a more flexible PhD trajectory that recognizes the full scope of doctoral work and equip can...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position on Citizen Science and Public Trust in Science

Published in Journal of Research on Research (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026)

Advancing reflexive and participatory monitoring of Science, Technology and Innovation systems.

Universitair Docenten Politieke Wetenschap

De Nederlandse universiteiten reageren positief op de nieuwe coalitieplannen. Er wordt flink ingezet op investeren in onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie, de grote bezuinigingen van het vorige kabinet w...

Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands have agreed to form a rare minority government, they said on Tuesday.

CWTS is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Andy Stirling as Visiting Professor.

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.