Hi Paul, I am currently working with another member trying to put together a panel on time and space, however, we are having a bit of trouble with following through from the others who initially expressed interest. As you may recall, must of my work is focussed on traditional research being done in non-traditional ways via the internet and what differences might be attributed to that process. Currently, I am about to begin writing about the transpositions of space and time in electronic culture and the implications for academic research, particularly in terms of the current schism between institutional structures within the Academy and the funding agencies being constructed to respond to a different space/time paradigm. These implications are important to the quality of research because in many cases the actual research and alliances far exceed the geopolitical structures of the actual physical institutions, which "house" the research, provide the support, etc. I am going to attempt to address some of the policy implications and the evidences of self-organizing structures, which have addressed some of these issues. I believe the internet has been integral to this phenomenon. In case this isn't making sense. NASA is a reasonable example. It now well exceeds the boundaries of US involvement to be successful, but because of it's non-specific attachment to the US (or anywhere else), is no longer is supported in a way that it was when it represented a more symbolic manifestation of national power. On the other hand, other nations have trouble with support as well. The EU, itself may be another good example of the complexities of more global organization and the affect on the quality of scientific research or quite conversely, since the scientific community is even frequently less physically bounded than the institutions with which it is associated (eventhough, it always has had cross national boundaries), what implications does this have for the quality of science? What part do the multinational corporations play, if governments aren't as aggressively multinational in supporting science as well? If this is of interest, please let me know and I will let you know if we haven't gotten the other panel together. Actually, for this panel I would be much more interested in talking about the policy implications from this work. For the other panel, I am proposing to talk more theoretically about what's happening with time and space. Thanks, IB Irene Berkowitz Program Director, Curricular Publications and Systems Office of the Vice Provost Temple University tel. 215-204-7596 fax. 215-204 3175 berkowitz@mail.temple.edu

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Paul.Wouters@niwi.knaw.nl 02/18/2003 11:37:00 AM >>> Dear colleagues,

I will be submitting a paper on the construction of scientific quality and the internet to the next conference in Toronto. It might be a nice idea to see whether we can bring together papers about quality (which may be defined in very different ways and discuss diverse aspects of "quality") in different areas together in one session or panel. So this is a call for everyone interested, especially PhD students, to send me titles and abstracts before Wednesday February 26. If there is enough interest it might become an interesting session. Looking forward to your responses! Regards Paul Wouters Dr. P. F. Wouters Programme Leader Networked Research and Digital Information (Nerdi) NIWI-KNAW The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences PO Box 95110 1090 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands T 3120 4628654 F 3120 6658013 http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/nerdi paul.wouters@niwi.knaw.nl _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l