Ronin Institute-IGDORE Scholarship Values Summit: September 14-16

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The Ronin Institute and the Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE) are co-organizing an unconference called the Scholarship Values Summit commencing this Tuesday (US time) September 14-16, 2021. This is the third unconference that the Ronin Institute has been involved in organizing after unconferences in 2016 and 2020. The Scholarship Values Summit …

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Success? What is that?

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Notes from the Big Brain Collective as summarized by Research Scholar Emily Monosson The last Big Brain gathered around the idea of success. What does success mean and what are some challenges for reaching success? Ask a bunch of Ronin Scholars and you’ll get a bunch of different ideas; that’s part of what Ronin is about. …

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Whatever happened to the great scientific breakthroughs?

by Jose Luis Perez Velazquez and Susan KhorAcademia, Featured Posts, Research FundingPosted on 7 Comments

Funding models and the slowing down of revolutionary ideas. By Ronin Research Scholars Jose Luis Perez Velazquez & Susan Khor The history of science tells us about major findings in the understanding of natural phenomena that prompted scientific revolutions or substantial changes in perspectives. Somehow, it seems to me that these ground-breaking innovations, the great …

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The Big Brain Begins to Think

by and Arika VirapongseAcademia, Ronin Activities, Ronin ScholarshipPosted on 2 Comments

By Research Scholars Emily Monosson, Arika Virapongse  and Judy Daniels  At the Ronin Institute, we’ve been working on a Big Brain project that intends to collect and share experiences and insights by scholars operating outside of traditional academic institutions. Our Big Brain project got off to a great start in early March 2021 with two …

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Ronin Public Seminar: Open Science, Culture Change, and You

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This seminar is part of the Ronin Institute Public Seminar Series, featuring our Research Scholars. We welcome members of the public, but please register ahead of time to get the meeting link. Presenter: Bruce Caron, Ronin Institute Research Scholar Date:  Jan 29, 2021Time: 1:00-2:00 PM  US Eastern Time / 18:00-19:00 UTC (in your local time)Add to your calendarHosted by: John …

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