<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm sure this event will interest a number of you - a lovely gesture for Loet Leydesdorff. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div id="m_-6671200454300007820signature_old"><div id="m_-6671200454300007820xc9751430986d427"><div id="m_-6671200454300007820x78c9f4c0540648e7b564d127ae9a7d74"><div><div id="m_-6671200454300007820signature_old"><div id="m_-6671200454300007820x068ffe68e305459"><div id="m_-6671200454300007820xd031ae4a00354d21ab008b16080cd048"><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="m_-6671200454300007820x8ff55cf0c93b417"><div class="m_-6671200454300007820WordSection1">
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The new journal<span> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Quantitative Science Studies</span></em><span> </span>(QSS)
 has recently released a new special issue (see link below) exploring the relation of QSS with neighboring fields, with contributions by renowned scholars working at the boundaries of QSS. This webinar will explore some of the issues raised in the special issue
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">We also thought that this would be an ideal occasion to offer a tribute to Loet Leydesdorff for his contributions to various fields of science studies
 over almost 50 years, from his initial work on Dutch<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">science shops</span></em><span> </span>in the 1970s to the<span> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Triple
 Helix</span></em><span><i> </i></span>dynamics, across a myriad of strangely beautiful scientometric blossoms. We warmly invite friends of STS, scientometrics and innovation studies and beyond to participate in this celebration!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<h3><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">15:00-16:30 Session 1. Special Issue on ‘</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qss_e_00061" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Bridging
 the divide between qualitative and quantitative science studies</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Introduction to the special issue</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Staša Milojević (Indiana University)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Loet Leysdesdorff (University of Amsterdam)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<h4><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Panel debate: “Which directions might Quantitative Science Studies take in the future?”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></h4>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Geoffrey C. Bowker (University of California, Irving)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">James Evans (University of Chicago)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Koen Frenken (Utrecht University)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">17:00-18:00 Session 2. Tribute to Loet Leydesdorff</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Chair: Sally Wyatt (Maastricht University)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Cassidy R. Sugimoto (President of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Diana Lucio Arias (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Lutz Bormann (Max Planck Institute, Munich)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Caroline Wagner (Ohio State University)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Paul Wouters (Leiden University)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Dr. Mark William Johnson<br>Institute of Learning and Teaching<br>Faculty of Health and Life Sciences<br>University of Liverpool<br><br>Phone: 07786 064505<br>Email: <a href="mailto:johnsonmwj1@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnsonmwj1@gmail.com</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://dailyimprovisation.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://dailyimprovisation.blogspot.com</a></div></div>