Dear all,
I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my Ph.D
on the philosophy of perception.
Together with a team of people from Stanford University and Cambridge
University, I've just launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two
things:
- It displays academics around the world in a 'tree' format, according to
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 the site 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 spreading the word about www.academia.edu, so that the site becomes as
useful as possible to academics. If you have a minute, it would be great 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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