Innovation in a crisis: Rethinking conferences and scholarship in a pandemic and climate emergency

Sam Robinson; Megan Baumhammer; Lea Beiermann; Dániel Bélteki; Amy C. Chambers; Kelcey Gibbons; Edward Guimont; Kathryn Heffner; Emma Louise Hill; Jemma Houghton; Daniella McCahey; Sarah Qidwai; Charlotte Sleigh; Nicola Sugden; James Sumner

doi:10.1017/S0007087420000497

Innovation in a crisis: Rethinking conferences and scholarship in a pandemic and climate emergency

Sam Robinson^*, Megan Baumhammer, Lea Beiermann, Dániel Bélteki, Amy C. Chambers, Kelcey Gibbons, Edward Guimont, Kathryn Heffner, Emma Louise Hill, Jemma Houghton, Daniella McCahey, Sarah Qidwai, Charlotte Sleigh, Nicola Sugden, James Sumner

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It is a cliché of self-help advice that there are no problems, only opportunities. The rationale and actions of the BSHS in creating its Global Digital History of Science Festival may be a rare genuine confirmation of this mantra. The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 meant that the society's usual annual conference – like everyone else's – had to be cancelled. Once the society decided to go digital, we had a hundred days to organize and deliver our first online festival. In the hope that this will help, inspire and warn colleagues around the world who are also trying to move online, we here detail the considerations, conversations and thinking behind the organizing team's decisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-590
Number of pages	16
Journal	British Journal for the History of Science
Volume	53
Issue number	4
Early online date	18 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087420000497
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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Robinson, S., Baumhammer, M., Beiermann, L., Bélteki, D., Chambers, A. C., Gibbons, K., Guimont, E., Heffner, K., Hill, E. L., Houghton, J., McCahey, D., Qidwai, S., Sleigh, C., Sugden, N., & Sumner, J. (2020). Innovation in a crisis: Rethinking conferences and scholarship in a pandemic and climate emergency. British Journal for the History of Science, 53(4), 575-590. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087420000497

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