Ton van Raan | Professor of Quantitative Studies of Science, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden University.

‘The CWTS is one of the world's leading institutes in this field’

  Ton van Raan is Professor of Quantitative Studies of Science, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. Professor Van Raan's main research area concerns the design, construction and application of quantitative indicators on important aspects of science and technology. In September 2014, the CWTS organised - under the leadership of Professor Van Raan and together with the European Network of Indicator Developers (ENID) - the 19th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (STI 2014) in the City Auditorium [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][Stadsgehoorzaal] in Leiden. Over 300 researchers and policy makers attended the three-day conference. “The theme of STI in 2014 was ‘Context Counts: Pathways to Master Big and Little Data’. The conference was aimed at mapping out the latest scientific developments. Issues that were discussed were, for example, which universities/groups have played a key role in the latest developments and how these developments may be important in new applications in society. In 2014, the CWTS celebrated its 25 year anniversary. That was the ideal opportunity to bring the international STI Conference, which previously took place in such cities as Montreal, Berlin and Rome, to Leiden, with support from Leiden Marketing. Because the CWTS is one of the world's leading institutes in this field, it has even been decided to hold the conference in Leiden once every four years. Thus, the role of Leiden as a conference city has been further strengthened.”    [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]