''Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy'' is a quarterly

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

covering the sociological study of scientific knowledge and

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

. It was established in 1962, replacing a series of bulletins that had been published by the

Congress for Cultural Freedom The Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) was an anti-communist advocacy group founded in 1950. At its height, the CCF was active in thirty-five countries. In 1966 it was revealed that the CIA was instrumental in the establishment and funding of the ...

's Committee on Science and Freedom beginning in 1954. It is published by

Springer Science+Business Media Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing. Originally founded in 1842 in ...

and the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

Peter Weingart Peter Weingart (born 5 June 1941 in Marburg) is a German professor emeritus in sociology and former director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld. Life and academic career Peter Weingart studied sociology and economics fr ...

(

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization a ...

). Since 2013, the journal's home institution has been the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Science (I²SOS) at Bielefeld University.

Editors-in-chief

Past editors-in-chief of ''Minerva'' are: *

Roy MacLeod Roy Malcolm MacLeod is an American-born historian who has spent his career working in the United Kingdom and Australia. He is a leading specialist on the history and social studies of science and knowledge. Early life Roy MacLeod studied ...

(2000–2008) *Michael Shattock (1995–1999) *

Edward Shils Edward Albert Shils (1 July 1910 – 23 January 1995) was a Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in Sociology at the University of Chicago and an influential sociologist. He was known for his research on the rol ...

(1962–1994)

Literature

* Roy MacLeod: ''Consensus, Civility, and Community: The Origins of Minerva and the Vision of Edward Shils'', in: Minerva, September 2016, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp 255–292.

References

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