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IR Network Update
A belated thanks to everybody who was able to attend the IR Network meeting at NZPSA.
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I am writing to ask for a volunteer to take over the role of IR Network coordinator from me (it's not onerous!) and to organise a couple of online or hybrid presentations as part of a new presentation series that we all thought would be valuable.
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At the meeting, Network members agreed that it is valuable to have an IR Network to build community, share work in progress, and create a space for professionalisation and collaboration for IR postgraduate students.
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There was some enthusiasm, specifically, to develop a regular online/in-person IR Network presentation series. Other Networks do this and it appears to work well as a way to build regular interactions.
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The idea was to have several presentations throughout the year that would involve presenting a paper (one that has actually been written), and to have a discussant who has read the paper and prepared comments ahead of time.
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According to my notes, Jason Young and Mengdi Zhang at VUW have volunteered to organise one presentation.
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Who else (especially at a different institution) might be willing to organise a session? I think it could be online-only, or a hybrid event.
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Next year there will not be an NZPSA conference, so I understand there will also be some funding for an IR Network workshop if there is appetite for this.
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Finally, I'm going on research and study leave (sabbatical) part way through next year. We need somebody else to step in as coordinator of the IR Network. It is not a difficult role, and mainly consists of sending the occasional email. Thanks in advance for considering this. I think it would be completely fine to have multiple people in the role and to share any jobs around.
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