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Science system assessment research program
Semantically modeling science projectt
Metadater True-Vote SCoKN |
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Peter
van den besselaar Research
projects
• Science System Assessment The research program of the Science System
Assessment department at the Rathenau Instituut has two main aims: 1) contributing to our knowledge and
understanding of the science system, and 2) translating this knowledge and
understanding into useful information for politics and policy makers in the
field of science policy. The
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Understanding
knowledge dynamics -
The effects of the
institutions of agenda setting, funding, and evaluation -
on the dynamics and
organization of research -
The societal impact
of research -
Methods for
research evaluation -
The effects of
management, leadership and organization on knowledge -
production and
performance -
The working and
effects of career systems - Developing new research methods. The Semantically mapping
Science project, in which we collaborate with the computer science group of prof dr Frank van Harmelen at the VU University is
an example.
Some other research projects • Communication
and collaboration in knowledge networks • Research
Infrastructures The EU
funded ‘Metadater’ project aimed at the development
and evaluation of a metadata management system for social science survey
data. We investigated the user needs of heterogeneous communities that have
an interest in this kind of systems: data collectors, social researchers and
data archives. Based on these insights, the prototype of the system was
evaluated. One of the aims is to show which (scientific and other) interests
are represented in the system design. What effects does the design and
appropriation have on data sharing and data use? • Social
informatics Anne-Marie
Oostveen and I have done several EU funded research
projects focusing on the use of ICTs for e-voting and e-democracy. Anne-Marie
is now in Oxford, at the Oxford Internet Institute, where she continues her
research. As a side product of her research, Anne-Marie also maintains a
superb website devoted to e-voting. Recently,
e-voting has become a political issue in the Netherland, with an active
social movement asking attention for the real risks involved: the foundation
'wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet'. The
campaign resulted in a return of good old fashioned paper based voting in the
country. PhD projects - Maaike Verbree prepares a
thesis on management and organization of research groups - Dennis Beckers works on a thesis about community computing. -
Anne-Marie Oostveen received her PhD degree January
2007 for her thesis Context Matters; a social informatics study on
e-voting. Anne-Marie is now at the Oxford Internet Institute. - Gaston Heimeriks (now at Utrecht University) received his PhD
December 15, 2005 for his thesis on Knowledge Production and Communication
in the Information Society. - Carolien Metselaar (now at the
Municipality of Amsterdam) received her PhD in June 2000 for her thesis on
Social and organizational aspects of Knowledge Technology. European research projects
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- Metadater: A metadata management system for social survey
data. (2003-2006) - Moress: Mapping the
European knowledge base in the social sciences and the humanities (2003-2005) - Commorg: A comparative
study of the diffusion and use of email in four countries (2002-2005) - Eicstes: Web-indicators
of knowledge production and of scholarly communication (1999-2004) - True-Vote: Developing and evaluating E-voting
technologies (2001-2003) - Fasme: The development
and social implications of e-government services (2000-2001) - Soeis: The
self-organization of the European Information Society (1998-2000) - CoopWWW: evaluating
groupware (1995-1996) - Comic: Basic technologies for collaborative work (1993-1996) Some old projects - The social construction of knowledge networks -
NWO funded project (2006-2007) - ETTA: Economy, technology and the future of work –
STT funded project (1999-2000) |
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