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Loet Leydesdorff (Louis André Leydesdorff) was born on 21 August, 1948 in Batavia (Dutch East Indies), is an A dutch systems scientist. Discover Loet Leydesdorff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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Louis André Leydesdorff |
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75 years old |
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Leo |
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21 August, 1948 |
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21 August |
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Batavia (Dutch East Indies) |
| Date of death |
2023 |
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Amsterdam |
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Dutch East Indies
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Loet Leydesdorff Height, Weight & Measurements
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Loet Leydesdorff Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Loet Leydesdorff worth at the age of 75 years old? Loet Leydesdorff’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Dutch East Indies. We have estimated Loet Leydesdorff's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Louis André (Loet) Leydesdorff (21 August 1948, Batavia (Dutch East Indies) - 11 March 2023, Amsterdam ) was a Dutch sociologist, cyberneticist, communication scientist and Professor in the Dynamics of Scientific Communication and Technological Innovation at the University of Amsterdam.
Leydesdorff was born in 1948 in Batavia (present-day Jakarta), then the capital of the Dutch East Indies.
He received a B.Sc. in chemistry in 1969, a M.Sc.
In 1969 Leydesdorff started working as part-time professor for chemical technology at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
In 1972 he started his career at the University of Amsterdam as teaching assistant for "Science and Society" at the Philosophy Faculty.
biochemistry in 1973, and an M.A. in philosophy in 1977.
In 1980 he became Senior lecturer at the Department of Science & Technology Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam and from 2000 of the Amsterdam School of Communications Research as well, of which he remained a honorary fellow following his retirement as professor in 2013.
He was president of the Dutch Systems Group society, the society that cofounded the International Federation for Systems Research in the early 1980s.
Leydesdorff's research interests were in the fields of the philosophy of science, social network analysis, scientometrics, and the sociology of innovation.
His studies in communication in science, technology, and innovation enabled him to specify theory and methods for understanding the dynamics of knowledge-based development.
Leydesdorff has published extensively in fields of systems theory, social network analysis, scientometrics, and the sociology of innovation.
In 1984 he obtained his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Amsterdam.
Leydesdorff was on editorial boards of several journals since 1987.
He was on the editorial boards of Scientometrics since 1987, Social Science Information, since 1994, Industry and Higher Education since 1997, Cybermetrics since 1997, the Journal of Technology Transfer since 1999, the TripleC: e-journal for cognition • communication • co-operation since 2002, the Science & Public Policy since 2004, Science Forum since 2005, Informetrics since 2006, and the International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies since 2006.
As contributing editor he also worked for Science, Technology, & Human Values 1988-1990 and for Science & Technology Studies 1987-1988.
He is known for his work in the sociology of communication and innovation, especially for his Triple helix model of innovation developed with Henry Etzkowitz in the 1990s.
He further worked for the Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies journal 1999-2001, for Science, Technology and Society in 2001-02 and for the Journal of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics from 1995 to 1998.
He received the Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal for scientometrics in 2003.
Since 2006 he was Honorary Research Fellow at the Virtual Knowledge Studio of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and since 2007 Honorary Fellow of SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex.
Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2014 he continued to be an active scholar until he had to resign from his remaining duties in the fall of 2022.
He passed away in Amsterdam on 11 March 2023.
