The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge: Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on an Empirical Philosophy of Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030599508)

Loet Leydesdorff (Ph.D. Sociology, M.A. Philosophy, and M.Sc. Biochemistry) is Professor emeritus at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) of the University of Amsterdam. He is Associate Faculty at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, Visiting Professor of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing, Guest Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and Visiting Fellow at the School of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. He has published extensively in systems theory, social network analysis, scientometrics, and the sociology of innovation (see at http: //www.leydesdorff.net/list.htm or http: //scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en). With Henry Etzkowitz, he initiated a series of workshops, conferences, and special issues about the Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations. He received the Derek de Solla Price Award for Scientometrics and Informetrics in 2003 and held "The City of Lausanne" Honor Chair at the School of Economics, Université de Lausanne, in 2005. In 2007, he was Vice-President of the 8th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems (CASYS'07, Liège). Since 2014, the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI/Clarivate) lists him as a highly-cited author.
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Publications 916 407 410

Citations 57,637 15,405 18,894

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Born: August 21, 1948 in Djakarta (Dutch Indies)

Current Address: Paradijsplein 88, 1093 NJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Institutional Affiliation: Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASoR), University of Amsterdam

Nationality: Dutch

Marital status: Married with two children

EDUCATION

1984 Ph.D. in the Faculty of Social Sciences (sociology)

1977 M.A. Philosophy

1973 M.Sc. Biochemistry (cum laude)

1969 B.Sc. Chemistry (cum laude)

1966 Gymnasium β

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013 Honorary Fellow, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam

2014 Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

2016-(2019) Associate Faculty at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2014-2019 Listed among the most-highly cited authors (during the previous ten years) by Clarivate/Thomson Researchers

2017 Academician of the Intern. Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences

2016 Honorary President of the Triple Helix Association

2015 Honorary President of the World Association for Triple Helix & Future Studies (WATEF), South Korea

2013 Emeritus, University of Amsterdam

2010-2018 Professor, "Communication and Innovation in the Dynamics of Science and Technology", University of Amsterdam

2013-2016 Honorary Professor at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2007-2013 Honorary Fellow of SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2013-2016 Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Birkbeck, University of London

2007 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing

2007 Vice-President of the 8th Intern. Conf. on Computing Anticipatory Systems (Liège)

2006-2010 Honorary Research Fellow at the Virtual Knowledge Studio of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences

2005 'City of Lausanne' Honor Chair, University of Lausanne

2003 Derek de Solla Price Award for Quantitative Science Studies

2000-2010 Associate Professor, Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam

1980-2000 Senior lecturer at the Department of Science & Technology Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam

1998-1999 Visiting Researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Tokyo

1996 Distinguished AGT-Visitor, Communication Studies, University of Calgary, Canada

1990 Maître de Recherche, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris (February/March)

1976 -1980 Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam

1978 -1981 Daily Board of the Amsterdam Science Shop

1974 -1976 Assistant Professor for "Science and Society" at the Studium Generale of the University of Utrecht

1972 -1973 Teaching assistant for "Science and Society" at the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Amsterdam

1969 -1972 Part-time professor for chemical technology at the Rietveld Academy of Arts in Amsterdam

EDITORIAL BOARDS OF:

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2016-;

Academic Editor, PeerJ Computer Science, 2015-;

Honorable Editor, Journal of Open Innovation, 2014-;

Associate Editor, Triple Helix, J. of University-Industry-Government Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2014-;

Scientometrics, 1987-; Price Medal Laureates Board;

Social Science Information, 1994-;

Industry and Higher Education, 1997-;

Cybermetrics 1997-;

Journal of Technology Transfer, 1999-;

Science & Public Policy, 2004-;

Journal of Informetrics, 2006-2019;

Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), 2020-;

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2006-;

RECIIS - Electronic J. in Communication, Information, and Innovation in Health, 2007-;

The Open Communication Journal, 2007- 2015;

Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China, 2008 -;

COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 2008-;

Int. J. of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA), 2008-;

Information, 2009-;

Intern. J. of Advance Computer Science and Information Technology (IJACSIT), 2013-;

Systema. Connecting matter, life, culture, and technology, 2013-;

Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA), 2015-;

Metalogicon, Int. J. of Pure and Applied Logic, Linguistics and Philosophy, 2015-;

Foresight. The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policy / Форсайт, 2019-

Journal of University-Industry Collaboration, 2019-

Contributing Editor to Science & Technology Studies, 1987-1988;

Contributing Editor to Science, Technology & Human Values, 1988-1990;

Journal of the Int. Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (JISSI), 1995-1998;

Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies, 1999-2001;

Education, Science, and Innovation in the Knowledge Society (book series), 2013-2015;

Science, Technology and Society, 2001-2002;

Science Forum, 科学观察, 2005- 2015;

tripleC: e-journal for cognition - communication - co-operation, 2002-2014.

Crisis Communication, 2012-2015;.