Vanessa Mak has been Professor of Civil Law at the Institute of Private law since 1 October 2020.

Ann Brysbaert is Professor in Ancient technology, crafts and materials at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Matthijs Westera is an assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Did you know that research and education in the field of digital innovation are key pillars of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs? Over the next seven days, we are organising Cyberweek on our social media channels to showcase what we have to offer.

René Olsthoorn studies the role of RNA structures in viral infections and genetic disorders.

Dmitri Filippov was born on November 21, 1966 in Moscow and studied chemistry at Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology. After the graduation he learned the ABCs of synthetic bioorganic chemistry under the supervision of Dr. B.I. Mitsner. In 1992 he moved to Leiden and after a short period was…

Corine Gerritsen is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) and Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH).

Ruth Alison Clemens is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her current research project is titled 'Posthuman Music Machines: Literature in the Age of the Pianola' and is part of the NWO Startersbeurs project 'Tracing Players Playing Traces: Non/Human Music…

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Augusto Clemente is a visiting researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS | Leiden University) and a professor at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Brazil). His research focuses on the internationalization of higher education in Latin America.

Francielle Franco is a PhD from UNESP (Brazil). At CWTS, she will work in the Focal Area Engagement & Inclusion. Her research focuses on altmetrics, facilitating the visualization of altmetric impact indicators.

Uta Wehn is a professor by special appointment of the chair ‘ Citizen Science and Sustainability’.

Ting Cong is a full professor at the College of Publishing, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), and a visiting researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. His research interest includes academic publishing, open science and social media…

PhD candidate and member of the Science and Evaluation Studies (SES) research group. She studies new tools used in research evaluation, particularly those which aim to capture wider notions of research quality, excellence and impact.

Marie Curie Research Fellow. His research focuses on how the production of visual data on public and private oceanographic vessels and their impact on ocean sciences research practices.

External PhD candidate. Alexander Schniedermann works on standardization in biomedical research.

Narmin Rzayeva is an external PhD candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. She is also a trainer in Research Data Management and Digital Skills at Delft University of Technology.

Louise Bezuidenhout is a social science researcher who specializes on issues relating to Open Science, data sharing and access. Her research is broadly oriented around themes such as justice and access, inclusion and marginalization and equity.

• Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, with a focus on the integration of technology in patient care. • Program Director, MSc Technical Medicine. • For LDE (Leiden–Delft–Erasmus): Track Coordinator for the Technical Medicine Master’s track “Sensing and Stimulation”.

Julia Boman is an external part-time PhD candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. She also works as a Science Officer at the European Science Foundation (ESF) in Strasbourg, France, where she is responsible for developing research evaluation activities.

PhD candidate. His research focuses on how to alleviate inequality among science communication occupations.

Senior researcher and member of the Engagement & Inclusion focal area. Alfredo's research interests include, among others, public-private interactions and knowledge flows, science-technology linkages, and relationship between science/technology and innovation.

Isabel Basson is a visiting researcher from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and STI Policy (SciSTIP), hosted by the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her current research focuses on investigating inequality in…

Kathleen conducts research exploring scholarly communication practices and infrastructures, including those related to open science, data, and research evaluation.

Visiting Researcher. Tung Tung’s research focuses on Research Intelligence, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science.

Eleonora Dagienė is a visiting researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. She defended her PhD thesis on October 30, 2025. Her research focuses on bibliometric research, research assessment, higher education policies, and book evaluation practices, whilst…

Researcher and member of the UNESCO Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science. André is a research fellow at the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and he is also affiliated with the Brazilian Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES).