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Community Building

Supporting meaningful engagement and lasting collaboration, focusing on how we exchange knowledge effectively, learn from one another, and build sustainable, long-term partnerships across the DRI landscape.


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🔥 Don't let the awkwardness marinate
Small annoyances can become big collaboration blockers. Talk about problems while they're still little adjustable things.
✨ Consistency matters more than perfection
Showing up regularly matters far more than the perfect event, website or schedule. People remember reliability, building the community through real connections.
📚 The ideal community member
Your community will not serve everyone - and it shouldnt! Define a specific ideal member and ask “What does X need right now?”


Youtube - KE Panel at the SSI Research Software Camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_WHlRFKbwc
A discussion around how to ensure that knowledge is shared and maintained
community-building
engagement-and-participation events outreach-and-advocacy
RCM Cooperative - Building Sustainable Research Communities
https://www.rcmcooperative.com/
We work with and for communities to develop and refine their capacity for equitable, resilient and collaborative research.
community-building
engagement-and-participation
Resources for Community Champions Programs
https://www.cscce.org/resources/community-champions-programs/
A set of resources for running different Community Champions Programmes incl. participation models, tip sheets and experiences
community-building
engagement-and-participation
The Turing Way
https://book.the-turing-way.org/
Welcome to The Turing Way handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science.
community-building
tools collaboration
EPSRC Guidance for Neuro-Inclusive Meetings and Events
https://www.ukri.org/publications/epsrc-guidance-for-neuro-inclusive-meetings-and-events/
UKRI guidance on designing meetings and events that are inclusive for neurodivergent participants.
events
community-building engagement-and-participation inclusion
Inclusion, diversity and accessibility @ PyCon2025
https://2025.pyconuk.org/inclusion/
Good example of reasonable adjustments and services a conference can provide to improve inclusion, diversity and accessibility
events
community-building engagement-and-participation inclusion outreach-and-advocacy
Inclusive Event Planning from Start to Finish
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/new-guide-inclusive-event-planning-start-finish
Aimed at event organisers, workshop leads, programme committees and community organisers working in research software, the guide offers practical steps for planning accessible and inclusive events.
events
inclusion community-building
Inclusive Hackathons Checklist
https://github.com/MarionBWeinzierl/RS-EDI/blob/main/HackathonEDI.md
Guidance for embedding EDIA considerations into hackathon planning and delivery.
events
inclusion community-building
Move the Needle Project
https://www.alces-flight.com/move-the-needle/
A collaborative project tracking the efforts of people trying to transform the field of supercomputing.
outreach-and-advocacy
inclusion engagement-and-participation community-building

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