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Greetings Scholars,
Our Lightning Talks are this week. There will be presentations on "Weather as a career metaphor" and "Opto-electric propulsion for microcraft". Hope you all can attend!
Our Membership Working Group meeting is this week. All are welcome to join this meeting and discuss how we do membership at the Ronin Institute.
We're continuing the conversation about the Ronin College this week. At this meeting, we're hoping to start a concept document to outline our ideas behind it, and also figure out some concrete steps forward towards organizing it.
If you're not on the Ronin Slack workspace, you might be missing some great stuff! For this month, I've pulled together a Slack Round Up of some current events, funding opportunities, and calls for collaboration that Scholars have posted there. There are also a few Interest Groups interested in scheduling regular meetings.
Have a great week!
- Arika
All events are on our Ronin calendar (add the Google Calendar). If you want to add something to this Weekly Update that you think Ronin Scholars would be interested in, please reach out via weekly.update@ronininstitute.org.
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Ronin Lightning Talks
Two 10-minute talks by Ronin scholars about their ongoing research or work (with 5 minutes of questions after). Speakers give a general overview of their work, or talk in more detail about a specific project.
Date: Dec 9. 2021
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM US ET / 18:30-19:10 UTC (in your local time)(add to your calendar)
Meeting Link: Zoom
Host: Arika Virapongse
Presenters:
Will Donald presenting on Conceptualisation of Weather as a Career Metaphor
Summary: In this session I will present the conceptualisation of Weather as a Career Metaphor (WCM). The theoretical framework underpinning the conceptualisation of WCM draws together aspects of sustainable career theory, chaos theory of careers encompassing chance events and career shocks, and conservation of resources theory. The WCM is constructed of ten elements of weather that apply to different contexts and across the lifespan. These include sun, rain, drought, thunder and lightning, ice, fog, tailwind, headwind, tornado, and rainbow. The WCM offers a complementary tool as part of a wider toolkit for career counsellors to help their clients to understand potential challenges within contemporary labour markets. This facilitates individuals to take ownership of their careers, acquire personal resources, and take proactive steps to prepare themselves for when career shocks inevitably occur. Benefits subsequently transcend to organisations and national economies.
John LaRocco presenting on Nightgaunt Drive: Opto-electric Propulsion for Relativistic Microcraft
Summary: Missions between planets or stars, each has its own problems. Fuel and reaction mass increases the total size of the craft, making acceleration more difficult. Broadcasted power requires long-term, power intensive space-based infrastructure, such as a high-output laser or mass driver. Even self-contained power systems, like radiothermal isotope generators (RTG), are bound by the half-life of the material used. However, recent research has found electrical power can be extracted from molecular motion. When combined with proven light sail technology, this offers the potential for a low-cost, scalable, and effectively self-powered method of continuous electric propulsion.
Any research scholar who wishes to can sign up here for an available monthly slot. See our guidelines here.
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Slack Round Up
Navigate to the relevant Slack channel to find more information about the announcements.
- Keith Tse is wondering if anyone is interested in having a Ronin holiday party around Dec 22nd, Please let him know there!
On some of the Interest Group channels (#ig-), there is interest in meeting up. Check out these channels and post your interest to join in any upcoming meetings:
- Keith Tse posts that there is a free webinar organized by In&Sight on "Publish and flourish: a path to build a trustworthy and collaborative Science" that will be held on Dec 7, 2021 at 15:00 CET.
- Stéphanie Cassilde is the co-organizer of an international conference in Nairobi, Kenya to be held in June 2022 on the theme “Looking at Language to Reveal Opportunities and Threats in the Global Village” on behalf of the International Sociological Association. Abstract submissions are open.
- Maria Jakubic is part of the editorial team for the Journal of Skills Development. They are looking for papers.
- Maria Jakubic shared an announcement for the International Conference on Knowledge Management on the theme “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” in Potsdam, German that is planned for June 2022. Please consider attending.
- Tiago Lubiana is a speaker at a Fireside Chat on "Shared Concerns in Open Research Communities" on Dec 10, 2021 at 18:00 - 18:30 UTC. It's a free event, and all are welcome to attend.
- Keith Tse shares an announcement for a free workshop on "Preregistration and Registered Reports" for research that is hosted by the UK Reproducibility Network. It will be held on Dec 9, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 5 PM GTM.
- Collaborative Fellowships in the History of Knowledge by the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) and the Max Planck Institute. Due Jan 28, 2022.
- Residency Program by Xanadu. Due Dec 15, 2021.
- Just Tech Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council. Due Jan 2, 2022.
- Activate New York on carbontech solutions. Due Dec 14, 2021.
- Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners. Due Dec 8. 2021.
Here are scholars seeking collaborators:
- Raffaella Bianucci is seeking collaborators to work on the antiquity of breast cancer and breast pathologies in votive offerings, works of art, documentary sources and human remains.
- Vesselin Gueorguiev is seeking collaborators interested in working on carbon neutrality research activities
Sign up for the Ronin Slack workspace by using this invitation link or reaching out to Arika.
GIF by Vishavjeet Singh.
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Community meetings this week
These meetings are open and welcome for any Research Scholar to attend. Working Groups (WGs) focus on key elements of the Ronin Institute. Interest Groups (IGs) are self-organized groups of Scholars that focus on topics of interest; their goal is to stimulate discussion and enhance collaboration.
TUESDAY
Post-Scholarship Values Summit meeting
Scope: Working on the post-event products from this event
Date/Time: Dec 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM–1:00 PM US ET / 17:00-18:00 UTC (Add to your calendar)
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute
#watercooler chat
Scope: Catch up with your colleagues in an informal Slack chat by the "watercooler".
Date/Time:
- Every Tuesday at 12:00-1:00 PM US ET / 17:00-18:00 UTC (local time)
- Every Wednesday at 8:00-9:00 AM US ET / 13:00-14:00 UTC (local time)
Location: #watercooler slack channel. If you can't make the specified time, you can always contribute to the chat conversation at anytime in the Slack channel.
Center for Advancing Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) IG+
Scope: Come join the conversation about Math and Physics, where the group shares information about research, educates each other, and provides advice.
Date/Time: Every Tuesday at 12:30-1:30 PM US ET / 17:30-18:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (co-located with Coffee Chat, so feel free to explore other rooms afterwards!)
WEDNESDAY
Ronin College Planning Discussion
Summary: We'll be starting a concept document of our proposed plan, and identifying the ground rules for what participation in development of a Ronin College would be.
Date / Time: Dec 8, 2021 at 11 AM ET / 16:00 UTC (local time)(Add to calendar)
Meeting link: Zoom meeting
Membership WG (Slack channel #wg-membership)
Scope: Develops transparency and flow to how people join and get more involved in the Institute.
Date/Time: Dec 8, 2021 at 1:00-2:00 PM US ET / 18:00-19:00 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: Join the meeting (pswd: RONIN)
THURSDAY
Office hours with Jon & Arika
Scope: Answer any questions you have related to the Ronin Institute.
Date/Time: Every Thursday at 10:30 AM -11:00 PM US ET / 15:30-16:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: https://www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute
If you want to know more about Ronin WGs, email or join us at "Office hours with Jon & Arika"
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Save the date
Here are some of our upcoming events that you have to look forward to.
Ronin Coffee Chats
Scope: Join your colleagues in an informal group video meeting. (Kumospace is always open, so you can make a meeting any day/time you want using the link below)
Date/Time: Once a month at 1:00-2:00 PM US ET / 18:00-19:00 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute
Ronin Orientation
Summary: Prospective, new, and seasoned scholars are welcome to attend to get in intro into how the Ronin Institute works, and how they can get involved.
Date: Dec 28, 2021
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM US ET / 18:00-19:00 UTC (local time) (add to your calendar)
Meeting link: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute
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