Peter van den Besselaar



	. News August 2012: special issue of Higher Education Policy on 'Collaboration and Competition in Researcg' January 2012: New book on modeling science .		Peter van den Besselaar
			Since 2009, I am at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Orgnization Science and the Network Institute , where I have an (Rathenau Instituut - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) endowed chair focusing on the organization and dynamics of science. My research interests are: Organization and management of science Societal impact of science Research evaluation Science policy studies Bibliometrics/informetrics E-social science
			Previously, I have build up the department of Science System Assessment at the Rathenau Insituut, where I was research director and head of department (2005-2010). Earlier I was professor of communication science at the University of Amsterdam (2004-2009), head of the social sciences department and director of the social science data archive (Steinmetz Archive) at NIWI-KNAW (2002-2005), and associate professor of social informatics at the University of Amsterdam (1986-2002). I studied mechanical engineering (propedeuse, TU Eindhoven), mathematics (BSc, University Utrecht) and philosophy (MA with honors, University of Amsterdam). I have a PhD in informatics( Faculty of Psychology, University of Amsterdam)
	Research Recent publications Older publications		Contact me at: p.a.a.vanden.besselaar AT vu DOT nl peter AT vandenbesselaar DOT net l
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