Dear all,
I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my Ph.D
on the philosophy of perception.
With a team of people from Stanford and Cambridge University, I've launched
a website, www.academia.edu, which does two things:
- It displays researchers around the world in a 'tree' format, representing
which institution/department they are affiliated with.
- It enables researchers to keep track of the latest developments in their
field - the latest people, papers, and talks.
We're hoping that Academia.edu will eventually list every academic in the
world -- Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students. People can add
their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the arrows.
The site is getting some traction. Almost 6,000 academics have joined
Academia.edu in the last two months. Some professors on the site include:
- Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins
- Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
- Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman
- Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky
We're in the process of spreading the word about www.academia.edu. It would
be wonderful if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your
department on the tree. If your department/university is not there, you can
add it/them by clicking on the arrows coming out of the
department/university boxes.
And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.
Many thanks,
Richard
Dr. Richard Price,
Prize Fellow,
All Souls College,
Oxford,
OX1 4AL
http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
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