Tech Research Coops?

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Looking for research cooperatives or consortia to join or to form. Definitions, terms and models to be discussed and decided.

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Iā€™m potentially interested. Ex-founder, now associate, Cetis LLP,.. now retired but still curious and willing to help with research consultancy, etc. asimong@gmail.com

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this potentially describes us Geeks for Social What? Our year of explorations & beginnings

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I am a doing full time research at a small coop. We tend to work only as individuals with loosely coupled plans. I would be interesting in trying something like a project management rota with other coops, because I think in small projects where the grunt work is done by the same people doing the planning, itā€™s hard to keep long-term goals in focus.

If you are looking for funding then check out NLnet.
h t t p s : / / n l n e t . n l

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Thank you Kim for sharing

I am not sure if the project you point to is what I am thinking of
Do you have examples of rounded research/projects there?

I am personally interested in scientific/technical research and development
although a connection for a social context can be useful for these things

P

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Thank you Emery,
I havenā€™t articulated a plan yet, but a couple of people have gotten in touch so I must reply
Let us think if there is a way to support each other and thanks for the pointer to NLnet, will look it up
soon
PDM

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Hi Paula,

What sort of research fields are you looking to work on?

Iā€™m working on hardware design, and Iā€™m looking for collaboration partners. :smiley:

Give ma a shout, so we can chat. :smiley:

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Thank you Billy, how do I reply privately?
PDM

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Hi folks, serendipitously Iā€™m sending around an email this morning suggesting a introductions session between the various co-ops I know of who are doing research or involved in the academia/research ecosystems (Asterisk Labs, More Brains, Corvus Co-op, RCM Cooperative, Common Knowledge, Fractals Co-op, Geeks for Social Change) and several interested individuals.

DM me your email address if youā€™d like to be included!

@asimong - I grabbed your email already, hope thatā€™s OK.

@kimadactyl - GFSC is on the list already

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ā€œDMā€ isnā€™t available on the forum. I sent you an email.

EDIT: Iā€™ve passed the gauntlet of disingenuous discourse welcome spam and now have communication privileges.

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Okay, everyone thank you
Now I can DM people directly.

I am not sure the long answer 'of what research do you do ā€™ is of interest to everyone . It can result in very long and boring answers *especially for non researchers. I dont think you really want to know.

But here, for this forum, I like to research work coops. what models work, what needs to be done to improve opportunities
and reach more members, more customers. How to provide continuous learning opportunities for members and reach out to customers who want to get out of the grip of self serving, market oriented industries.

I welcome pointers to tech/research/developer coops that one can join k and welcome a directory that points out ā€˜open to new membersā€™

I may send more links via DM to those who asked

For the research collective I would point to www. ronin-institute.org which is making a start, seeking out new models of governance and income generation for scholars

Thanks again for the responses

PG.

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Thanks @Pgalaxy, all sounds fun!

Re: research on work co-ops. Sam Nordland (workers.coop) sent me lots of good information on this subject via email - Iā€™ll ask if theyā€™re happy for me to forward it to you. For starters, they directed me to: https://re-organise.org/ (their website is currently down, but you can read here: Re-organise ā€“ A guide for cooperatives)

Ronin looks cool - I hadnā€™t heard of that one before. Reminds me of https://igdore.org/

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