Very good. Might be helpful to co-ordinate or link with the Human Power
e-Journal: http://www.hupi.org/HPeJ/index.htm
The Human Power Institute is also interested in branching out to more
general coverage of human powered vehicles and machines.
http://www.hupi.org/
Richard Ballantine
On 15 Sep 2008, at 14:10, Peter Cox wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Full of inspiration after the UWE gathering, I've been having a word
> with our university research office and the possibility is present to
> establish a formal, peer-reviewed, online journal e.g. "Research in
> Cycling and Society".
>
> The first question is whether there would be sufficient support for me
> to go ahead with this .
>
> It would be hosted by University of Chester but have a web portal of
> its own.
> The possibility exists there for any other institution or department
> to be listed as a supporter if willing to provide a nominal sum to
> help establish the nec. seed capital and finance for copy editing.
>
> Volunteers would also be needed to be part of the editorial team.
> I'd be happy to co-ordinate.
>
> This would provide us with an initial voice and outlet for our various
> bits of research that we are engaged with and an ongoing means of
> publication for those necessary bits of work that don't seem to always
> find a home in other journals, and for the publication of developed
> conference papers.
>
> What do people think?
>
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