We have the new member of our Centre! Brett Buttliere, PhD will be working as research adjunct at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń by the end of 2021 year. During his employment, prof. Adam Kola will supervise Brett’s work because his interests are correlated with the research area presented by Knowledge Complexity and Memory (KNOW) team. We hope that our collaboration will be brilliant! Enjoy your stay!
My name is Brett Buttliere, I was born in the United States and I have worked in the Netherlands and Germany before coming to the UMK. I have a PhD in Psychology, which focused specifically on the role of cognitive conflict in science, especially using metadata that is freely available on the internet. My research interests concern especially the optimal functioning of science, as I see this as the main catalyst to improve the lives of humans in general. In this pursuit, I see most major problems as psychological ones (e.g., getting people to use less energy), and in this regard I pursue a more general and applicable theory of minds. I have joined IMSErt especially to focus on the history of science and knowledge production within the context of Poland, including impact measurement, and the development of digital infrastructure to make Polish Scientist’s lives easier and more enjoyable.