Brought together by accidents and sagacity, The Serendipity Society is a network intending to promote rigorous research and support for researchers of serendipity of all sorts.
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About
The Serendipity Society is comprised of researchers examining the complex phenomenon of serendipity from a variety of disciplinary and organizational perspectives. Given the growing interest among industry and academic institutions in developing spaces for serendipity, our mission is to create and nurture an active network of serendipity researchers, which
- supports collaboration among senior and junior scholars,
- promotes rigorous interdisciplinary research,
- works toward the consolidation of research and development of theory,
- creates a platform from which to develop serendipity research as an independent field of study,
- provides a resource of expertise on serendipity to which organizations, funders, innovators, and planners can turn.
Recent Society Activities:
Beginning April 2020: #serendipityreads, A Twitter Journal Club
Official launch of the SerSoc blog
First International Serendipity Society Conference: ‘State of the Art, Serendipity Research as an Emerging Field’, September 5-6 2019, City, University of London, UK
Symposium: The ‘Future of Serendipity’ in a Changing World, August 9 2017
Meeting and Paper Session: SerSoc at the Association for Information Science & Technology annual meeting, October 29 & 30 2017
Contact
Please contact by email us if you wish to be a member* or have a comment or contribution to make to the Society:
accidentsagacity@gmail.com
*There are currently no membership fees, and those without publications are also encouraged to enquire.
Please note that we do not have a mailing list outside of our membership; membership currently has no fees or official requirements, but we would like to hear about your interest in serendipity research and practice, so that we can make connections among us where possible.
If you want to keep up with the Society events and activities, we recommend following us on twitter @ser_soc, and watching the Activities page or the Blog on this website. Please feel free to let us know about events related to serendipity research and practice we should know about! Thanks!
