[HOT] HOT Summit Idea - Panel on Academic Research & HOT

[Martin Dittus]

Thank you so much for proposing this, I think this would be well worth organising! It’s an opportune moment as well to set some basic expectations. 

With other communities I’ve experienced that as they mature they can develop a greater resistance against outside researchers, often as a result of bad experiences. Maybe there’s an opportunity to articulate early what a healthy researcher/community relationship can look like. I’ve some experiences from this and other communities I can share. 

(I also sent you an email off-list.)

m.



> On 22 Mar 2015, at 21:48, Robert Soden <robert.soden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm thinking about submitting a panel proposal for the HOT Summit on academic partnerships with HOT.  Potential topics for discussion could include research ethics, opportunities for documenting HOT's efforts, and the kinds of questions that the HOT community would see benefit from having academic investigation into.
> 
> There is tremendous scholarly interest in OpenStreetMap these days and HOT is an important reason for that.  I think it could be useful for us as a community to articulate what partnership with academic researchers might look like and what we might hope to gain from this.
> 
> If you have interest in participating in this panel or just have thoughts that you would like to see covered, please drop me a line here or off-list.  Look forward to seeing everyone at the Summit.
> 
> Thanks!
> Robert
> 
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