Statement to ISA on enhancing virtual access & Nature article on “Changing scientific meetings for the better”
Kashwan, Prakash
Dear GEP-ed:
Thanks to many of you who extended their support and signed the statement that Peter Newell and I prepared/circulated. On suggestions from at least two other ISA sections, we opened the statement up to signature by ISA members beyond ESS as well.
While I have not done a hard count, my sense is that as of today we have about 115-120 signatures. If you’ve not seen this earlier and would like to sign it now, please do so via the following link – after reading the statement, please click on the link at the bottom to add your signatures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o2IrMo85v0L8EpcFNcgRicLO0HvWKRomt_QZ22QZXUc/edit?usp=sharing
On a related note, please excuse me if this was already circulated here, but the following piece published in Nature recently on “Changing scientific meetings for the better” makes several useful arguments: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01067-y
Thanks,
Prakash
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute
Editor, Environmental Politics
Vice Chair, Environmental Studies Section/Program Chair, International Studies Association (ISA).
Senior Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project
External Faculty Affiliate, Ostrom Workshop, Bloomington
University of Connecticut
365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-7951
https://kashwan.net/