CENTRE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (CWTS) | LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
Sarah de Rijcke
Sarah de Rijcke | Researcher ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-0362
EDUCATION
02/2010 PhD (with honors), Social Sciences, STS University of Groningen
04/2002 M.A., Psychology University of Groningen
WORK EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS
From 2024 Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden University
2019-2023 Scientific Director Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
2019-2023 Co-chair Research on Research Institute (RoRI)
From 2018 Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, Leiden University
2016-2018 Associate Professor in Science and Evaluation Studies, Leiden University
2011-2015 Assistant Professor in Science and Evaluation Studies, Leiden University
2009-2011 Post-doctoral researcher, VKS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2004-2009 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Groningen
1st year Bachelor Coordinator Psychology (2007-09)
GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORABLE MEMBERSHIPS
2021 Arcadia Fund, Tools to Advance Research Assessment (TARA), with DORA
2021 Wellcome Trust, Developing a Responsible Researcher Community of Practice
2019 ZonMw Implementation Grant, Fostering Responsible Research Practices Program
2018 ERC Starting Grant (2019-2023)
2017 Special Recognition Award, World Cultural Council (WCC)
2017 PI competitive ZonMw Grant, Fostering Responsible Research Practices Program
2016 Member of Young Academy of Europe (http://yacadeuro.org/members/Sarah-DeRijcke/)
2016 EASST Ziman Award for The Leiden Manifesto - declaration, website and network
2016 NIAS-Lorentz grant "Rethinking Impact Factors," co-applicant
2016 Aspasia internationalization grant, Leiden University
2015 Anna Boyksen grant for outstanding scientists, TU Munich - Institute for Advanced Study
2015 Invited member Science in Transition think-tank (www.scienceintransition.nl)
2014 NIAS-Lorentz grant “Authorship in Transition,” coordinating applicant
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
From 2023 Member Unesco Netherlands Committee
2022-2023 Chair Advisory Board UK Reproducibility Network
2021-2023 Chair Scoping Group International Science Council, InterAcademy Partnership, and Global
Young Academy (ISC-IAP-GYA) initiative on research assessment
2020-2021 Member UNESCO Open Science Advisory Committee - Representative for the Netherlands
2020-2022 Member Dutch Taskforce on Responsible Management of Research Information and Data,
Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Federation of
University Medical Centres (NFU) and The Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Since 2020 Co-Chair High-level Steering Group Recognition and Reward Leiden University
2020 Member National Think-Tank ZonMW Fostering Responsible Research Practices Program
2019-2023 International Scientific Advisory Board Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria
2019-2021 Scientific Advisory Board, Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS), TU Munich
2018-2019 EC group SAPEA Making sense of science under conditions of complexity and uncertainty
2018-2019 TU Munich Ambassador
Since 2018 Panel Social Sciences NWO Veni Innovation Scheme, Domain SSH (VENI SGW)
2018-2021 Editorial Board Member Palgrave Communications
2018-2021 Editorial Board Member Science, Technology & Human Values (ST&HV)
Since 2017 Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
2017 Expert Committee, PREF, IRCRES, European Commission, DG JRC, Brussels
Since 2016 Elected Council Member, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
2016-2019 Editorial Board, Science and Technology Studies
2016 Scientific advisory board, European FP-7-SIS project GenderTIME conference, Paris
2012-2024 Editorial Board, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
2011-2014 Scientific Advisory Board, ORA project NESSHI - The Neuroturn in SSH
2010-2014 Scientific Advisory Board, Picturing the Brain, funded by Research Council Norway
2011 Scientific Advisory Board, Encounters with Science. University of Uppsala, Sweden
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
2015-2017 Visiting Fellow, TU Munich Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS)
2015 (Spring) Visiting professor, Department for Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna
2011 (Fall) Visiting professor, New Media and Digital Culture, Utrecht University
2010 (Fall) Visiting research fellow, University of California at San Diego
2007 (Winter) Pre-doctoral research fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Since 2019 Scientific Director, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University
Since 2016 Deputy Director, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University
Since 2012 Board Member, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University
Since 2011 Research Group leader, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University
2007-2009 Coordinator, 1st year Bachelor Program in Psychology, University of Groningen
2007-2008 PhD Student Representative, Faculty Social Sciences, University of Groningen
2006 Chair PhD Committee Psychology, University of Groningen
EDITORIAL SERVICE
2009-present Social Studies of Science; Biosocieties; Science, Technology & Human Values; Engaging
Science, Technology and Society (ESTS); Research Evaluation; Journal American Society
for Information Science and Technology; Research Policy
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2009 Current Member, Society for Social Studies of Science (international)
2008 Current Member, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
2004 Current Member, Dutch Graduate Research School Science, Technology & Modern Culture