Category Archives: CSID Publications

Publications by CSID directors, fellows, & students.

Assessing impact » Testing hypotheses…

Steven Hill (@stevenhill), Head of Research Policy at the Higher Education Funding Council for England, responds to a recent publication by Steven Hrotic and me here: Assessing impact » Testing hypotheses…. Here is the original publication, which is available open … Continue reading

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Bibliography of Transdisciplinarity Literature 2012

Our friends at td-net have just released a valuable resource: A Tour d’Horizon of Literature Related to Transdisciplinarity Published in 2012 The number of publications in the field of inter- and transdisciplinary research has been steadily growing during recent years … Continue reading

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Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge – but it’s also much simpler than that | Impact of Social Sciences

Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge – but it’s also much simpler than that | Impact of Social Sciences.

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Book Review: Peer Review, Research Integrity, and the Governance of Science: Practice, Theory, and Current Discussions | LSE Review of Books

The fact that this scholarly book about fairness and integrity in research is edited by (mostly) U.S. scholars but published by a Chinese press should not mislead readers into believing that this is a boastful text seeking to bestow upon … Continue reading

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Nigel Warburton’s negative vision of what philosophy isn’t | jbrittholbrook

Does not resisting impact requirements mean you’re not a real philosopher? Nigel Warburton’s negative vision of what philosophy isn’t | jbrittholbrook.  

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On Reinventing the Wheel of Interdisciplinarity

Perhaps! But who wishes to concern himself with such dangerous “Perhapses”!                                                                                                                                             … Continue reading

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Altmetrics for the Nature correspondence on negative metrics of impact

Every journal should do this for every publication. Article details.

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Exchange on Holbrook and Briggle’s “Knowing and Acting”, Briggle, Fuller, Holbrook and Lipinska « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Exchange on Holbrook and Briggle’s “Knowing and Acting”, Briggle, Fuller, Holbrook and Lipinska « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective.

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Knowing and acting: The precautionary and proactionary principles in relation to policy making, J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

The Social Epistemology Review and Reply collective is now hosting preprints: Knowing and acting: The precautionary and proactionary principles in relation to policy making, J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Yes! Adam and … Continue reading

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Special issue published in Synthese!

Special issue published in Synthese!.

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Bieberians at the Gate? | Inside Higher Ed

Essay on the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers | Inside Higher Ed. Comments on this piece are most welcome!

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INIT Interdisciplines virtual seminar on transdisciplinarity

Welcome to the INIT series on Interdisciplines: INIT, the International Network of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity, is continuing to host a Virtual Seminar on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Horizons on the platform Interdisciplines. We invite everyone to participate in a new forum … Continue reading

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Philosophy Matters — Examining the Value of Knowledge | Office of Research and Economic Development

Bob and I discuss the value of philosophy. Philosophy Matters — Examining the Value of Knowledge | Office of Research and Economic Development.

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The Promise and Perils of Transformative Research | Science of Science Policy

The report from out TR Workshop is now hot off the presses! The Promise and Perils of Transformative Research | Science of Science Policy.   Executive Summary In March of 2012, researchers from a range of fields met at the … Continue reading

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The question of who ought to count as a peer is THE question surrounding open access | The Sociological Imagination

I respond to Steve Fuller’s claim that Open Access is no more than academic consumerism here: The question of who ought to count as a peer is THE question surrounding open access | The Sociological Imagination. There is a sense … Continue reading

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George P. Mitchell, fracking, and scientific innovation. – Slate Magazine

CSID Fellow Adam Briggle argues that it’s time to frack the innovation system. We need to frack the innovation system—create fissures to let in more people and more perspectives. Researchers must obtain the informed consent of individuals participating in trials … Continue reading

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INIT Virtual Seminar continues in April — New discussion topic

The INIT Network for Transdisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research is continuing to host a Virtual Seminar on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Horizons on the platform Interdisciplines (www.interdisciplines.org). You are all invited to join the discussion. In order to join the discussion, just click on … Continue reading

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Good Transformations — Science Progress

Bob Frodeman, Kelli Barr, and I combined forces to present this first take on the recent Workshop on Transformative Research we ran at National Science Foundation headquarters in Arlington, VA. This was a good workshop involving some really good — … Continue reading

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Visit me on peerevaluation.org

So, here is my site on Peer Evaluation. It contains all sorts of knowledge I’ve produced, including published articles, working papers, blogs, workshop reports, and a survey I co-authored. It does not contain everything I’ve ever produced. For instance, some … Continue reading

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Resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose. | Impact of Social Sciences

Bob Frodeman and I venture virtually across the pond for a visit to the folks at the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Impact Blog — one of my favorites. Resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the … Continue reading

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Blogosphere erupts over science’s “Faustian bargain” « Purse String Theory

Is this part of the eruption, or just its aftermath? I vote for the former. Blogosphere erupts over science’s “Faustian bargain” « Purse String Theory.

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Interdisciplinarity and the Digital Humanities: Profiling Julie Thompson Kline | HASTAC

CSID Senior Fellow Julie Thompson Klein is featured in this interview on interdisciplinarity and digital humanities: Interdisciplinarity and the Digital Humanities: Profiling Julie Thompson Kline | HASTAC.

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Now available via open access: Peer review and the ex ante assessment of societal impacts

Our latest publication coming out of the Comparative Assessment of Peer Review project is now available for free! Please take a look and give us some feedback. Peer review and the ex ante assessment of societal impacts.

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Frodeman & Briggle Reblogged at Becoming Integral

Thanks to our alum Sam Mickey for reblogging this new piece. Much appreciated! What is becoming of philosophy in the 21st century?  There’s a great piece on that topic that just came out in the Chronicle of Higher Education Review. It … Continue reading

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We’re All Crazy Around Here

or at least, someone is. Adam and I–with the ample help of our entire community of thinkers, here at CSID and abroad in the world–have spent nearly a year writing the little piece that came out in the Chronicle Review … Continue reading

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