Hello,

I hope you had a wonderful summer !

Join the Community Data Science Collectivehttps://communitydata.science/ (CDSC) for our 9th Science of Community Dialoguehttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUaDD5y_9xI2168FzAwDaEnLf3RAmtSNc235-kL-Ta8lErAg/viewform?usp=sf_link! This Community Dialogue will take place on September 27th at 12:00 pm CT and will explore how communities self-govern amidst competing pressures in complex, multi-layered environments. Professor Seth Freyhttps://enfascination.com/weblog/professional (University of California Davis) will join Sohyeon Hwanghttps://www.sohyeonhwang.com/ (Northwestern University) to present recent research on topics including:

* How autonomous communities within ecosystems navigate varied privacy norms * Formal and informal governance mechanisms * Understanding and navigating community governance priorities * Resolving incompatibilities across community boundaries A full session descriptionshttps://wiki.communitydata.science/Dialogues/Complexities_of_Community_Governance is on our website. Register onlinehttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUaDD5y_9xI2168FzAwDaEnLf3RAmtSNc235-kL-Ta8lErAg/viewform?usp=sf_link

What is a Dialogue? The Science of Community Dialogue Serieshttps://wiki.communitydata.science/Dialogues is a series of conversations between researchers, experts, community organizers, and other people who are interested in how communities work, collaborate, and succeed. You can watch this short introduction videohttps://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1bb1547a-7034-41dd-b433-ae5a0105cca0&start=0 with Aaron Shaw.

What is the CDSC? The Community Data Science Collectivehttps://communitydata.science/ (CDSC) is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the University of Washington Department of Communication, the Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies, the Carleton College Computer Science Department, and the Purdue University School of Communication.

Learn more If you'd like to learn more or get future updates about the Science of Community Dialogues, please join the low volume announcement listhttps://communitydata.science/mailman3/postorius/lists/cdsc-dialogues.communitydata.science.

Madison Deyo Program Coordinator Northwestern University The Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Designhttps://www.hci.northwestern.edu/ Community Data Science Collectivehttps://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page --