Academia.edu - Where Scholars Meet

If you’re looking for a way to get in touch with your academic peers, then Academia.edu is a site you’ll find most interesting. Through this site, you’ll be able to use the many advantages of social networking to allow academics from universities around the world to create profiles and make connections with their peers. It’s a very useful tool, as it will allow universities to find qualified individuals to dictate some courses or lectures. There was a need for a site like this, were college faculty could gather and find out more about their peers from other campuses.

It’s also a great way for people who are doing research to find someone who might be involved in the same field, allowing for quicker data gathering. If you’re associated with the academic world, then you must try this out, as you are sure to find some of your peers already on it. The linking feature is amazing, with its tree-like feel, that makes it easier to see who’s associated with who.

“Displays academics around the world in a tree format, according to what university/department they are affiliated with.”

University professors are sure to get a kick out of this. It could change the way they make contacts with other faculties.

Will this be considered serious enough for professors? Don’t they already have efficient ways of making contacts within their peers?