Academic citizenship expansion during the festive season

Beautiful Mauritius, more than just the sea

Academic citizenship at our institution means more than just the need to present at conferences and publish articles related to our presentations. We constantly need to expand our involvement to fulfil our obligations to our institutions. During the festive season, I usually have a few days leave and because I have tons of work to play catch-up with, I am normally in front of my computer. So, when I want to take a break, I look for some extra things that I want to be involve with but during the year simply cannot find the time to do some research on.  

One such web page that provides links to extra opportunities for involvement is that of Common Ground Publishing. Most of you probably already know that Common Ground Publishers changed to a non-profit organization and that they are now known as Common Ground Research Networks.  Visit the page if you are interested in becoming an associate editor, join the advisory board, become a Research Network partner or even if you want to host one of the Common Ground conferences. You can also publish a book or publish articles in their 77 journals. Also, ensure that you sign up for their new and still expanding social platform called Scholar to broaden your academic network.

If you are still undecided about the conferences you want attend in 2017, there are 24 different research networks including most academic disciplines linked to Common Ground. Some of the networks, like the Sustainability network already has a call for papers for both 2017 and 2018. And I also saw that the Interdisciplinary Research Network will host their 2017 conference in Hiroshima, Japan, in 2017. I previously blogged about The Learner Research Network conference that we attended in Mauritius which was a very positive experience. Common Ground was established in 1984 and they really have the knowhow and experience to host wonderful conferences.