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

[Sruthi Vanguri]

Dear all,

The Oslo workshop is going well! We present tomorrow :)

Here is what I have done last week.


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Prepared a brief 2 page proposal for my pilot meeting with Stefi
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Received feedback, and started reworking
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Made LinkedIn posts and shared our account with my network
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Worked on travel arrangements for Kick-off event speakers along with Meg
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Reviewed Stefania’s HDI paper (will send it soon)
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Major life update: Did some solo-traveling from Monday-Wednesday and saw the Northern Lights (dance) on two nights! (Pictures attached 😊)

Best regards,
Sruthi


From: Core <core-bounces at lists.datagovlab.net> on behalf of Meg Kitamura via Core <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 10:24
To: core at lists.datagovlab.net <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
Subject: Re: [DATAGOV Core] weekly check-in: going digital for this week

Dear all,

Here is what I was up to last week (+Monday)

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Sent out invitations through multiple channels. We currently have 55 signups (as of 10:00 AM today). There is unfortunately no perfect way to share live updates, so I’ll send occasional updates through links: https://cryptpad.fr/sheet/#/2/sheet/edit/HUTvaJKcn3GyrefENpUC9bE5/
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DATAGOV kick-off event went live on RMeS website (I’m still waiting for them to update the text): https://www.rmes.nl/datagov-kick-off-event/
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Had a meeting with Framer Framed on Monday. Please refer to my previous email about the details.
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Would like to schedule a meeting with Ray on the last week of February. Could we decide between 24th (after 14:00) or 25th (after 12:00).

Not directly DATAGOV related but sharing because relevant:

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I’m co-writing a paper with Lonneke on how the Japanese government is digitalizing and infrastructuring the classroom (and subsequent resistance efforts, not strong but still present). We’re trying to make an argument about the difference between platformizing education vs. infrastructuring education, the latter creating a condition of “a point of no return,” which is a phrase used by someone I interviewed in Japan.

I hope the Norway workshop is fruitful! Excited to hear more about it next week.

Meg

From: Core <core-bounces at lists.datagovlab.net> on behalf of Stefania Milan via Core <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 9:49
To: core at lists.datagovlab.net <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
Subject: [DATAGOV Core] weekly check-in: going digital for this week

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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