De Meetmaatschappij

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Universities are the cash cow of publishers like Elsevier. Universities pay with: 1) money, 2) free labor, 3) data. But this can change! Read how we can fix this in our open-access book Fixing Academia: fixingacademia.wordpress.com/chapter-9/

Giving managers a greater say in budgeting enhances their wellbeing and productivity! Research: doi.org/10.1186/s12889… @MentalHealthAm @PubHealth_BMC @AccountingToday @CIMA_News @AICPA @BioMedCentral #mentalhealth #accounting #wellbeing #science #research #publication

Feeling stressed? New study finds: Budgeting can improve your wellbeing..! Link: doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

Accounting can increase employee wellbeing...!? Our paper on accounting & wellbeing of middle managers has been accepted at BMC Public Health (Open Access). Link: doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from THE World University Ranking: sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbon… Why would universities do this? I wrote a blog about it recently on social science space, available here: socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop-t…

Waarom hechten we zoveel waarde aan reviews? Is het beoordelen aan de hand van vijf sterren niet wat doorgeslagen? Wat zijn de gevolgen ervan? Een mooie weekendbijlage in Trouw vandaag, met een gastrol voor De Meetmaatschappij: trouw.nl/tijdgeest/hoev…

'University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes a good university.' Read more: socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop-t…

I wrote a piece on university rankings for @socscispace: "[University rankings] reinforce the idea that science is all about competition among institutions, instead of cooperatively enhancing our understanding of the world." socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop-t… #AcademicTwitter

"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out." - Berend van der Kolk (@quantifiedsoc)

Leuk nieuws: Het Audioboek van De Meetmaatschappij is nu vrij te beluisteren via Spotify voor iedereen met een premium abonnement. Elk hoofdstuk is een track - misschien aardig voor integratie in onderwijsprogramma's? Spotify link audioboek: open.spotify.com/show/3Nm0PjrpC…

Mooie column in de @volkskrant vandaag over becijferen in het onderwijs, met een gastrol voor De Meetmaatschappij! Link: volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de… @AtlasContact @businessboek

The Quantified Society 🤔

"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us, until we burn out." - goodreads.com/quotes/12497639 @goodreads

"Metrics can be great conversation starters, but should not replace our understanding of what (a) good research(er) is." - @berendvdkolk Source: socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-re…

For Social Science Space, I wrote a short piece on research credibility/integrity and measuring academic performance. Spoiler: they are related! Link (open access): socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-re… @socscispace @quantifiedsoc @meetboek @businessboek @atlascontact

Over 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023! How are research credibility and the quantified society connected? This I discuss in a piece on social science space, open access! Link: socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-re…

"When making hiring, donation, and policy decisions, people tend to privilege quantitative information, favoring options that dominate on the dimension described numerically." - Source: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

Vanmiddag Antoine Bodar interviewen voor de Life Rules podcast 🤗 Komen mooie afleveringen aan! Beluister ook de laatste met @berendvdkolk over waarom we alles in cijfers willen vastleggen in de ‘meetmaatschappij’. nporadio5.nl/podcasts/life-…

Met @talithamuusse en @JoramKaat van de @eonl had ik onlangs een leuk gesprek over levensdoelen, stappentellers, competitie, meten en de maatschappij. Luister de podcast Life Rules van de EO hier terug: open.spotify.com/episode/491ic6… @Businessboek @VU_SBE @ZijlstraCenter