Speed talk summary 19 August

1. Miriam Huitric is back from her sabbatical and resume responsibility for our SERSD masters programme. Thank you Tim for excellent cover, while Miriam was away! Important events: - Monday 26 August: An introduction to the culture and history of the SRC, by Thomas Elmqvist - Wednesday 29 August: join the new masters student for a picnic or kitchen meet-up - Thursday 30 August: a guided tour of the Stockholm Urban National Park. Sign up, limited number! SRC is also collaborating with Swedish Globala Gymnasiet on various projects and events. Erasmus +: collaboration between SRC and Stellenbosch Uni. More details: miriam.huitric@su.se 2. Andrea Downing has read "Big data, little data, no data" by C.L. Borgman More details: andrea.downing@su.se 3. Help sort out the books in our new and nice library, Friday 13 September. Party included. More details: andrea.downing@su.se, jennifer.hinton@su.se 4. Visitor from Humboldt University Berlin: Anja Klein, will stay for 2 weeks plus a stay later in September. Working with Maja Schlüter's group. Will do a brown bag lunch 27 September. Field of interest: "Situating Complexity: an ethnography of complex systems modelling of human-environment relations in the environmental sciences" 5. Hanna Sinare giving an update on her field work in Burkina Faso. Interested? drop her an email hanna.sinare@su.se 6. Garry Peterson has read some interesting books during the summer, including sea level rise, a novel on smart cities and his best Swedish book so far: The silver road. garry.peterson@su.se 7. Henrik Österblom: update from Stora Karlsö on seabird ecology. Exciting stuff! henrik.osterblom@su.se 8. Request from Beatrice Crona: she needs to borrow the library Wednesday 21 August in the afternoon so pls work from somewhere else between 14-16. Beatrice.crona@su.se 9. Stockholm Seminar 21 August: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/news--events/seminars-and-events/stockholm-seminars/previous-seminars/2019/ss-2019/2019-08-05-deep-learning-for-a-better-understanding-of-the-earth-system.html 10. Celebrating Planetary Boundaries 10 years. See email from event.src: When: 1 October 2019, 10:00-16:00 Where: The Beijer Hall, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Who: Researchers, funders and various stakeholders. The event will be live-streamed. Registration: Please register before September 13 to event-src@su.se and state any food preferences. Lunch will be served. 11. Leadership updates: meeting with International Advisory Board next week. 16-17 September: first meeting of the new International Science Advisory Council. Meet them 16 September at the centre! https://www.stockholmresilience.org/about-us/strategic-advisory-councils/international-science-advisory-council.html 12. Spam and suspicious emails from "SU Helpdesk": DONT CLICK ON LINKS IN EMAIL!