Febuar 2024

Minutes of the BRaS (Brazilian Research and Studies Center) Meeting – February 16th, 2024, 14:00 German Time

Participants:

– Thomas Kestler
– Matheus Zago
– Karina Caladrin
– Claudia Pires
– Eric Andrade

Justifications
– Matheus Hebling
– Marcia Schafer

Agenda:

1. Workshop with ABCP (Thomas):

Thomas Kestler provided updates on the workshop in collaboration with ABCP. He announced that submissions were closed and a total of 11 proposals were received. Thomas then presented an overview of the proposals. Ingo Rohlfing had been selected as an expert to provide support for qualitative methodologies, while Bruno Speck and Vanessa would lead discussions on quantitative methods and policy analysis, respectively.

We received proposals from: Akira Pinto Medeiros, Bhreno Vieira, Koichi Osamura, Luana Maria de Matos C, Ana Leticia Mafra Salla, Leonardo Geliski, Luisa Bolaffi Arantes, Gabriel Junqueira, Juliana Aparecida Sousa, Lívia de Souza Lima, Marcelle Amaral.

The workshop will be held online on 16th and 17th of April.

2. Social Media and Website Analytics (Claudia and Matheus):

Claudia presented the statistics of the social media platforms, showing growth over the past few months. She pointed out that the retrospective posts were great. Claudia highlighted that the reach on social media platforms is increasing, particularly on the days when new blog posts are published. She outlined strategies for the upcoming month, including the Call for Papers (CfP) for the BRaS Journal, a newsletter, and the annual report. Matheus then presented the website statistics, indicating growth compared to January.

3. BRaS Journal:

Eric reported that he had been in contact with the author of the article submitted to the BRaS Journal. He mentioned that he is reaching out to new authors weekly to encourage them to publish in the journal. Thomas suggested that the upcoming workshop could serve as a platform to promote the journal and discuss possibilities for publications.

4. Blog interviews:

Eric announced that he has two interviews scheduled to conduct and publish on the blog. One interview is scheduled for March.

With all agenda items addressed, the meeting adjourned at 14:40.
The next BRaS session was scheduled for March 22nd (Friday), at 14:00 German Time.