Andy,
www.academia.edu, It is rough- but a good idea, would be very useful for government trying to liaise better with academics. Could Econ-Network give support by encouraging the author to improve the sight?
Andy Ross
GES
HM Treasury
020 7 270 4615
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From: Learning and teaching in academic economics
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andy Denis
Sent: 04 October 2008 11:34
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
Dear all
This is a very good idea in principle, but it's really, really rough right
now and launching it like this is just going to alienate people. It needs a
LOT of work.
I'll come back to it in a few months to see if it's working better yet. My
advice to list-members is not to bother right now and wait until they've
made it a lot more user-friendly.
Regards
Andy Denis
Economics Department
City University London
+44 (0)20 7040 0257
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Price [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 October 2008 00:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my
> Ph.D on the philosophy of perception.
>
> 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 university/department they are affiliated with.
> - It enables researchers to keep track of the latest developments in
> their field - the latest people, papers, and talks.
>
> My hope is that the site will list every academic in the world --
> Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students.
>
> Academia.edu is getting some traction. Some professors on the site
> include:
>
> - Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins
> - Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
> - Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky
>
> I'm trying to spread the word about www.academia.edu. If you have a
> minute, please 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
> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
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