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. Over 9,000 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 trying to spread the word about Academia.edu as much as possible. It would be terrific if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your department on the tree. If your university is not there, you can add it by clicking on the arrows coming out of the 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,
http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
Disclaimer: Academia.edu is not connected in any way with either All Souls College, or Oxford University.
