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Index methods cell

Researches and tests the methods of a domain index and proposes corrections with evidence.

Joining
By request
Decides by
Consent (sociocratic objection rounds)
To form
3 members
Visibility
Listed in public once active

What it is for

Works on a defined research question and produces methods, models, papers and datasets with open outputs and a recorded review.

Who it draws on

Every cell is interdisciplinary: anyone may ask to join. These are the fields it needs most.

Expertise

  • Управление рисками и институты
  • Оценка множественных опасностей и составных рисков
  • Форсайт и образы будущего
  • Климатология, изменчивость и изменение климата

Дисциплины

  • Systems science and complex systems
  • Data science and statistics
  • Economics and finance
  • Sociology and demography
  • Geoscience and seismology
  • Эпидемиология
  • Mathematics and applied mathematics

Как это устроено

Roles a cell of this type must fill before it is listed
РольЧто это делаетAt least
РуководствоConvenes the cell, holds its mandate from the host and speaks for it.1
SecretaryKeeps the records: minutes, decisions, the member list and the cell log.1
Data stewardLooks after the cell's data: licences, quality, access and retention.1
Ethics contactChecks that work with people, their data or communities has the approvals it needs.0
Решения
Consent (sociocratic objection rounds). Adopted when nobody has a reasoned, unresolved objection.
Гарантии
  • Conflict-of-interest recusal. People with a declared interest step out of the decision.

How to join

By request. People ask to join with their relevant expertise and a short motivation; the cell's admins approve or decline.

A request asks for: your relevant expertise and why you want to join.

What a new cell starts with

Projects

  • Research plan and question
  • Evidence and literature review
  • Open dataset and method note

First issues

  • Agree authorship and credit
  • Write the data management plan
  • Check the ethics approvals needed

Открытые призывы

  • Co-authors and reviewers

What it connects to

Данные
Publish and share datasets with licences, quality flags and access rules.
Review hub
Request peer review of outputs, and review the work of others.
Перевод
Translate the cell's pages, documents and guides with reviewed translations.
Обучение
Courses, cohorts and the learning path for each role.

Its space has: discussion, activity, documents and library, meetings and events, proposals and decisions, outputs.

Projects it often runs

  • Risk assessment. Assess hazards, exposure and vulnerability for a place or system.
  • Open data release. Publish a dataset with a licence, quality flags and documentation.
  • Research study. Answer a defined research question with methods and open outputs.
  • Policy brief. Prepare an evidence brief or consultation response, labelled as advice.
  • Readiness evidence. Prepare evidence for finance readiness, never a rating or advice.
  • Community survey. Ask the people affected what they face and need, with consent recorded.

Agreements it signs

  • Cell charter (required). The mission, scope, host, roles, governance model and how the cell closes.
  • Membership agreement (required). What members commit to, how they join and leave, and how credit is recorded.
  • Intellectual property and open licence (required). Who owns the outputs and the open licence they are published under.
  • Code of conduct and safeguarding (required). How members treat each other, how concerns are raised, and who acts on them.

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