Thed van Leeuwen

Dr. Thed van Leeuwen is a senior researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University. He is also the leader of the ‘working group on the development of indicators for the research assessment of scholarly activity in the social sciences, the humanities, and law’ (WISSH), and member of the working group Evaluation Practices in Context (EPIC). His research focuses on the organization of research and communication practices in the social sciences and humanities, and the way this is evaluated, including the overarching science policy context under which research assessments are organized and the role of bibliometric indicators.