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Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
« on: October 09, 2008, 10:37:19 PM »
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.

The site is getting some traction. 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

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,
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http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice

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Re: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2008, 10:38:50 PM »
If you have any feedback on the site, please do drop me an email - feedback [ at ] academia.edu.

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Re: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2008, 10:53:24 PM »
How did you get a .edu domain? They are supposed to be limited to fully accredited postsecondary institutions for higher learning.

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