Monday, March 16, 2015

Re: UKPN-social science-meeting, mid-March

Dear UKPN members - 

We had a great call last night between members of UKPN from Aberdeen, Oxford, Durham and Nottingham Unis across the UK, all from within a range of interesting social science research disciplines.


On the next meeting agenda to be held next month (keep your eyes open for a future update!) we currently have a number of items that I am chasing up with TJ and Laura Hobbes (Execs of the UKPN): 

- the task of developing the website (see: www.polarnetwork.org/new ) -- Laura Ferguson (who couldn't make it due to an electrical storm of some kind while away on a course) has worked together with myself to assess the current state of the UKPN website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rh9Yotwe-FWESKl2fiqr6J5MgncjCL7Z5F5Her28PQM/edit?usp=sharing 

- the task of developing working groups. centred around the principles of APECS' to be integrated within the UKPN's current organisational structure: i.e. Education and Outreach and Research Activities Committee.

- the task of science communication and networking. a huge part of the drive of the UKPN Social Sciences development in the upcoming months before the UKPN's AGM in September will be to get as many UKPN Social Scientists known to one another - as well as beyond the UK.

If you are (or know of anybody who is) willing to get involved with any of the three key tasks on the agenda of the next UKPN Social Science meeting then get in touch with me and I can keep you in the loop with regard to how we intend to tackle and formulate approaches to each of task.

Whereas we now have a cool Facebook page to use in the time being before the UKPN actually updates its website and develops a new strategy to compensate for the visibility of the Social Sciences within the organisation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1579440562334387/?fref=ts 

So do ADD yourselves to the Group and invite Others! It's a great way to get Social about Polar Social Sciences!

Best wishes from me in Durham - enjoy your weeks ahead!

Mika
From: LAIHO M.J.
Sent: 15 March 2015 17:04
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Subject: RE: UKPN-social science-meeting, mid-March

Hi All - 

Great to be in touch: this is just a quick reminder that the next UKPN Social Science meeting will start in approx one hour (give and take half an hour for members to arrive); i.e. 6pm and should be over within the hour. My skype add is mikes_finnish_connection for those of you who need to add me.

Cheers,

Mika
From: LAIHO M.J.
Sent: 08 March 2015 15:13
To: jchking@gmail.com; sms10@aber.ac.uk; mcs89@cam.ac.uk; lgxjf2@nottingham.ac.uk; s.a.wright13@leeds.ac.uk; paul.mann@northumbria.ac.uk; MEDBY I.A.; torschofield@btinternet.com; regina@spaceflightdesign.org; e.f.darlington@lboro.ac.uk; apope00@gmail.com; tj.young@polarnetwork.org; josephenolan@gmail.com; lef30@hw.ac.uk; laura.hobbs@polarnetwork.org; Shapovalova, Daria; victoria.wylliedeecheverria@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Cc: UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: RE: UKPN-social science-meeting, mid-March

Dear UKPN social scientists -

Thank you for completing the Doodle Poll if you have done so. The agreed time for the next Mid-March meeting is Sunday 15th March at 6 or 6.30pm.

If interested in discussing the development of a social science presence in the UK Polar Network go ahead and attend! Please put this date and time in your diaries along with my Skype address: mikes_finnish_connection. 

This call promises to be a productive meeting again! Everyone is welcome to join to see what is going on within UKPN's social science network :)

As well as discussing how to get the network recognised within various social science communities across the UK and elsewhere, Laura Ferguson and myself will present an exciting initiative we are developing within the UKPN on Polar web media and communications. You can read and comment on ideas from our last meeting here: 


Also, in case you missed the last Skype call here are the minutes from the last call:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18DG6cT1ZdrXsYsUHohiC-P-ha50Tow0h8PEhBuS4pYQ/edit?usp=sharing. 

Feel free to contact me in order to ask further questions related to the above.

Best wishes,

Mika

APECS Council Co-Chair, 2014-15.
and
Postgraduate Researcher (PhD)
Department of Geography, Durham University
Tel. +44 (0) 774 5033 600
E-mail. m.j.laiho@durham.ac.uk
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