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This is the week - if you (or your organization, department, project) are leading on a topic or area of practices in participatory sciences, consider submitting an idea for a symposium or workshop for the May 27-30, 2025, conference in Portland, OR. Deadline for ideas is this Friday, 20 Sept. Please share with colleagues advancing #citizenscience #communityscience #participatorysciences #volunteermonitoring #crowdscience #communitybasedresearch ...

Should be a great conference with some amazing interdisciplinary keynotes, dialogues, panel presentations, and talks lined up. Come check out the latest science of meditation, breathwork, yoga, and psychedelics in beautiful Padova, Italy. #contemplativescience #contemplativeresearch #meditation #yoga #breathwork #psychedelicscience

It was instructive yesterday to attend, at the Vieille Charité, the first seminar of the new Research Laboratory created in Marseille, CeRCLEs (Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges - Centre for Research on Circulation, Links and Exchanges). There I presented my EHESS-funded project to reconstruct the sources and potential of a transformative paradigm and understanding of democratic modernity. The CeRCLEs laboratory aims to be "a place for methodological and epistemological experimentation through collective surveys and seminars to reflect on the work in progress, built around issues of circulation that are both empirical and conceptual" (https://lnkd.in/d6n8H9eQ).

Fantastic initiative, and a real pleasure to be part of it. Hearing about the experiences of other centres across the globe makes clear how important but also how incredibly fragile the whole field is: most centres lack robust infrastructure support and investment, making it difficult to run and maintain activities and, especially, to build and secure the next generation(s) of scholars in the area. For example, for any PhD student we would like to support at the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, we need to find and secure a total funding of around £75,000-£120,000. Thereafter, to fund a single postdoctoral position one is looking at a minimum of £50,000 per annum (including National Insurance, pension, in costs, etc.) that need to be raised. Then, in the absence of any permanent positions in the area over here, all that investment, time, support, and the expertise that has been built over that period, currently often do not even benefit the Scottish (and at times European) philanthropy research field as early career colleagues are faced with an infinitesimally small number of national and international opportunities that might arise but, more likely than not, do not, leading to exits and brain drain from the field in general. So, assuming that one considers the field and its contributions to be important, there is some real work to be done about making it more sustainable in general, but also more attractive and accessible for younger researchers... Just some of the many issues that will need to be explored as part of our forthcoming workshop series “Together for Good: crafting Scotland’s philanthropic journey” - https://lnkd.in/e5tXgmZR

I conducted and presented, together with Dr. Costin Petcu and Dr. Bejinariu Catalin, a study on the impact of early puberty on educational systems. Our presentation was appreciated by the other specialists present in Seville at the 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation #iceri2024

💻 Only a few days left to register! Explore these key topics: ➡ antimicrobial resistance and new solutions ➡ resilience of microbial communities ➡ susceptibility to infections ➡ the microbiome's role in health Sign up now: https://microbes2024.de

In case you didn’t know… The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Was Created to Advise the Nation The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provide independent, objective advice to spark progress and advance science, engineering, and medicine for the benefit of society. The work of the nonprofit, nongovernmental National Academies is grounded in the expertise of our three academies — the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine.

When you ask a development professional why they do what they do, you can get all kinds of answers — everything from “This place changed my life” to “I believe in our mission” to “I love helping people pursue their passions.” However, when it comes to higher education, the answer to this question is usually the same — “For the students!” Education has a profound and transformational impact on our lives and as current and former students, we all remember educational experiences that changed our lives, our beliefs, our interests, our professional trajectories. The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV’s annual Student Research Symposium is one such experience. For our students, it is an opportunity learn, explore, consider, and discover. This symposium is one of the hallmarks of our medical school experience, challenging students to question, hypothesize, investigate, and report their findings — the very essence of the scientific method writ large across the Undiscovered Country that is the healthcare landscape in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. #UNLV

WEBINAR PEDIATRIC BONE HEALTH Are you a researcher working with OI or other rare bone conditions? Check out this free webinar hosted by the International Society for Children's Bone Health. #osteogenesisimperfecta