[DATAGOV Core] weekly check-in: going digital for this week

[Stefania Milan]

Dear all, this week we skipped our check-in moment. Check-ins are important for a variety of reasons: it is fun to know what everyone has been up to, and it is a great occasion to create synergies and ask for feedback or support. And, importantly, at the more individual level, it allows each of us to take stock of everything we did in just one week: a well-deserved pat-on-the-back moment. In the busy life of academia, we rarely make room for acknowledging and celebrating progress (even when small), and focus almost exclusively on what’s left to do (always too much). Finally, we are a group and it is our chance to bringing to life the group, even when each of us is working in different tasks and even locations.

This is why I would like to have that check-in moment virtually for this week. Please reply to this tread. It should cover last week, not the current one ;-)
I make a start. Please chip in.

[what I have been up to - note that I focus only on what’s relevant for DATAGOV! would be so tedious otherwise]

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PhD pilot study monthly check-in: it is awesome to see what bubbles under the surface of a title/concern.
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Practicalities related to the kick-off event and many, many personal invites were sent (still sending)
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Lots of admin, from timesheets to fighting the reimbursement madness. I am so frustrated things cannot run more smoothly. For the records, the sage re our lunches/dinners still ongoing :/
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Started preparing my upcoming lecture at Hasselt U, as part of the chair I have over there this academic year. It is of relevance here because the five lectures I am going there are modelled on DATAGOV research programme. The one I am working on now is entitled "The Datafied Citizen: Agency, Identity, and Belonging in the Datafied State”. The good news is that I am writing down these talks, and at the end I will have a nice substantive story to share, maybe as a Working Paper for DATAGOV.

[what I am working on]

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a couple of belated book chapters (Listen to me: say no to chapters. And help me to say no!)
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more DATAGOV admin

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