Dear researchers, We thought of informing you about this small research we implementing about an intensive course for PhD students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects implemented since 2016 for eight editions. It is a research to document this experience implemented by the Politecnico di Milano but it is also a relevant format to involve researchers and the academia in the Wikimedia projects (and we want to test its scalability). We are starting a series of interviews. Please find more information about the project below. my very best regards iolanda

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Da: Iolanda Pensa iolanda@pensa.it Oggetto: Intensive course for PhD students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects Data: 5 dicembre 2024 alle ore 19:15:12 CET A: education@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Matthew Vetter mvetter@iup.edu

Dear all, I would like to invite you to a conversation we are going to have on Friday, December 13 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm CET about the beautiful Wikipedia intensive course dedicated to PhD students and created by the Politecnico di Milano in 2016 and replicated for eight editions. The discussion will be in English with the course instructors Andy Mabbett, Niccolò Caranti and Marco Chemello, with the goal of better understanding this unique experience and making this course replicable by many other universities internationally. We aim to document this experience, develop an online course on WikiLearn and test it at SUPSI Mendrisio Switzerland 24-28 February 2025 with 5 PhD students.

Best regards iolanda

Presentation of the intensive course for PhD students about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects promoted since 2016 by Politecnico di Milano Friday, December 13 from 7pm to 8:30 p.m. CET BBB Open Science room at Wikimedia Italia https://cvs5133.ergonet.host/b/iol-gdq-fbx-tst Participants: Andy Mabbett, Niccolò Caranti and Marco Chemello Moderators: Iolanda Pensa and Matt Vetter More information on: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Intensive_course_on_research_state_of_the_ar...

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University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland Department for Environment Constructions and Design Institute of Design

Iolanda Pensa, PhD Senior Researcher

Head of Culture and Territory Research Unit

Campus Mendrisio Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15 CH-6850 Mendrisio T +41 (0)58 666 6362 iolanda.pensa@supsi.ch www.supsi.ch/ide