Academic Careers Understood through Measurements and Norms (ACUMEN) is a major European research project that began in March 2011. This European FP7 project is a cooperation between several European research institutes who will address broader social functions of the scientific system that are often not included in its quality control mechanisms. Project members include:
- eHumanities Group, KNAW (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Bar Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel)
- Agencia estatal consejo superior de investigaciones cientificas (Madrid, Spain)
- University of Wolverhampton (UK)
- Sihtasutus Archmedes (Tallinn, Estonia)
- Humboldt-Universitat (Berlin, Germany)
- Technische Hochschule Wildau (Wildau, Germany)
- Danmarks Biblioteksskole (Kopenhagen, Denmark)
- Leiden University – CWTS (Leiden, Netherlands)