Positech Weekly Exchange

The Weekly Exchange is a 50-minute gathering for PhD students across institutions to connect, share, and support one another. Each week, one member leads a session. Sometimes they present ongoing research or invite feedback; other times they share something they care about outside of academia. Whether it's a deep dive into a social computing project or an exploration of creative passions, these sessions help us build trust, surface insights, and reimagine what it means to grow together in research.

Over time, these informal exchanges have become the foundation for workshops and collaborations within Positech. In many ways, we see the exchange itself as an open-ended exploration. What does it mean to build a loosely connected but consistent, low-stakes yet meaningfully engaged research community? How can it support the kind of work and life we're trying to cultivate as social computing researchers?

If you're interested in joining, feel free to reach out at positech.research@gmail.com with a short note about who you are, what you're working on, and how it relates to the broader themes Positech is thinking about. To help keep the group aligned and grounded, new members are brought in by consensus. Usually, that means having a personal connection with someone already in the group, often through participating in a Positech workshop. This helps us keep the space intentional and supportive as it evolves!