Invisible Rohingya refugees and climate change in Cox’s Bazar

As a Research Scholar in the Ronin Institute, my research focuses on the Rohingya Muslim minority of Burma, one of the world’s most persecuted and vulnerable refugees. My interest in these refugees from Burma (Myanmar) developed during my M.Phil. years at the University of Delhi where I was studying colonial labour migration, particularly the pace …

So you want to write and publish a book?

Questions, answers and other thoughts from Ronin Research Scholars and writers In January 2023, the Ronin Institute hosted a Research Skills 101 workshop for prospective authors curious about how to come up with a book idea, write a proposal and find a publisher. The Ronin Institute community is rich with scholars who have published in …

An update on Ronin Women – successes and lessons learned while developing the Ronin Institute Women IG+

  This post is the second in a blog series based on discussions at monthly meetings of the Ronin Institute Women’s Interest Group.The first post in this series was on Productivity and balance as a woman scholar Forthcoming posts in this series will include thoughts on managing stress and more. In early 2021, a trend all too common …

A Year in Review for the Ronin Institute: 2022

Yet another year in our rearview mirror. Looking back at last year’s Year in Review, I had written:  “Here’s our wishlist for 2022: prototyping a Ronin College, implementing a membership management platform, hosting more Interest Group Pluses, kicking off an invited speaker series, organizing a mentorship program for Scholars, developing an institutional evaluation approach, finalizing …

Productivity and balance as a woman scholar: challenges, ideals, and strategies

This post is part of a blog series based on discussions at monthly meetings of the Ronin Institute Women’s Interest Group. An earlier original version of this specific post first appeared in the The Deliberate Owl on 15 November 2022. Forthcoming posts in this series will include a summary of the Women’s group’s discussions in 2022 and thoughts on …

Academic Freedom

Why does academic freedom matter?

By Ronin Research Scholar Maria Jakubik I have spent more than half of my life living in Finland, but I have studied at five and taught at nine universities across Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the USA. Here is an interesting situation I would like to share with you. Recently, …

Overcoming systemic barriers to inclusion in academia: the case for a hybrid conference format

By Research Scholar William Donald An earlier original version of this post first appeared in the Times Higher Education on 9 August 2022. Conference season is upon us, and in-person events are back this year. My social media feed is full of posts from fellow academics jetting off to exciting destinations and relieved that the …

Imagine a city

A horror movie where being a woman is a crime!  By an Iranian Woman Imagine a movie about a city where people are enthusiastic about science. Imagine that it has a high literacy rate and the universities are always full of students seeking knowledge and success in scholarship. There are many intelligent people living and …

Save Cantonese: language advocacy for a project to preserve Cantonese in the West

By Research Scholar Keith Tse Cantonese means a lot to me. My interest in it is twofold: academic and personal. As I do research in Linguistics and I frequently analyse my native language (Chinese), I am naturally interested in Cantonese and its reception in the West. I also come from Hong Kong, China, and Cantonese …

Sustainability at the Ronin Institute

By Research Scholar Oumaima Ben Amor What we innovate, invent, advance, or know today started off as research fueled by our curiosity. Research is an essential phase in the understanding of problems and challenges which involves the development of new ideas and solutions. It has long shed light on the global threats that we are …