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Book Synopsis Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research by : Keri Facer
Download or read book Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research written by Keri Facer and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities are increasingly being asked to take an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organizations beyond their walls. Such collaborations, advocates argue, will provide a host of benefits, from making universities more accountable to improving and developing real world activity. In short, these collaborations will help change the world for the better. This is the theory, and this theory is driving thousands of new research collaborations and partnerships. But as this book reveals, the reality is that these thousands of research collaborators, as well as the funders and institutions that are supporting them, are struggling to articulate the value of their work. Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research addresses this key challenge head-on. With a particular focus on research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, contributors draw on nine contemporary case studies from fields as diverse as cultural anthropology and international development to explore the tensions that surround the evaluation and assessment of research both generally and in the context of more recent discussions of collaborative research. Accessibly written and featuring a glossary of key terms, traditions, concepts, and resources, this book moves beyond tired, polarized debates about the relative power of scholars and participants to judge the true value of collaborative research and helps develop the methods needed for all to reflect upon, enrich, and challenge their assumptions about the quality of this work.
Book Synopsis Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research by : Facer, Keri
Download or read book Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research written by Facer, Keri and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities are increasingly being asked to take an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organizations beyond their walls. Such collaborations, advocates argue, will provide a host of benefits, from making universities more accountable to improving and developing real world activity. In short, these collaborations will help change the world for the better. This is the theory, and this theory is driving thousands of new research collaborations and partnerships. But as this book reveals, the reality is that these thousands of research collaborators, as well as the funders and institutions that are supporting them, are struggling to articulate the value of their work. Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research addresses this key challenge head-on. With a particular focus on research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, contributors draw on nine contemporary case studies from fields as diverse as cultural anthropology and international development to explore the tensions that surround the evaluation and assessment of research both generally and in the context of more recent discussions of collaborative research. Accessibly written and featuring a glossary of key terms, traditions, concepts, and resources, this book moves beyond tired, polarized debates about the relative power of scholars and participants to judge the true value of collaborative research and helps develop the methods needed for all to reflect upon, enrich, and challenge their assumptions about the quality of this work.
Book Synopsis Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration by : Lisa Banning
Download or read book Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration written by Lisa Banning and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice? Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The book’s contributors critically interrogate the assumptions underlying the fervor for interdisciplinarity. Their attentive scholarship reveals how, for all its potential benefits, interdisciplinary collaboration is neither immune to academia’s status hierarchies, nor a simple antidote to the alleged shortcomings of disciplinary study. Chapter 10 is available Open Access here (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK395883)
Book Synopsis Challenges to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research by : Challenges to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research
Download or read book Challenges to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research written by Challenges to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Value of Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Mixed-Methods Research to Understand Advanced Care Planning by : Aultman
Download or read book Value of Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Mixed-Methods Research to Understand Advanced Care Planning written by Aultman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an ethicist and medical educator, who has been involved with the creation and implementation of policy surrounding end-of-life care, non-beneficial treatment, and advance directives, I (J.M.A.) realized early on in my career that advance care planning was not taking place within or external to the clinical setting despite institutional requirements and continuing medical education on such matters. Volunteering as a clinical ethics consultant and committee member at four different health care institutions, I was privy to the difficult ethical situations that would arise at the end of life, which was approximately 80% of all of the ethical dilemmas we worked through. Many of these dilemmas, particularly those that involved family and patient conflicts of values, could have been prevented through advance care planning. Through my professional and personal experiences, collaborative research was needed to better understand concepts and practices pertaining to advance care planning. Through networking and thoughtful discussions with my interdisciplinary colleagues, some of whom had dedicated their professional lives to such issues as advance care planning, collaborative research emerged that carefully looked at advance care planning from the perspectives of health care professionals in the trenches of patient care and analyzed through the lenses of social sciences, ethics, and the humanities. Multiple studies utilizing qualitative data were successfully carried out, and one is currently underway, which emerged through the process of collaborative study and writing. Our collaborative research reveals the importance of reducing researcher bias and the value of mixed-methods data gathering and analysis.
Book Synopsis Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research by : Michael O'Rourke
Download or read book Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research written by Michael O'Rourke and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Michael O'Rourke, Stephen Crowley, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, and J. D. Wulfhorst, is a volume of previously unpublished, state-of-the-art chapters on interdisciplinary communication and collaboration written by leading figures and promising junior scholars in the world of interdisciplinary research, education, and administration. Designed to inform both teaching and research, this innovative book covers the spectrum of interdisciplinary activity, offering a timely emphasis on collaborative interdisciplinary work. The book’s four main parts focus on theoretical perspectives, case studies, communication tools, and institutional perspectives, while a final chapter ties together the various strands that emerge in the book and defines trend-lines and future research questions for those conducting work on interdisciplinary communication.
Book Synopsis Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration by : Scott Frickel
Download or read book Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration written by Scott Frickel and published by American Campus. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities in North America and Europe increasingly provide financial incentives to encourage collaboration between faculty in different disciplines, based on the premise that this yields more innovative and sophisticated research. Drawing from a wealth of empirical data, the contributors to Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration put that theory to the test. What they find reveals how interdisciplinarity is not living up to its potential, but also suggests how universities might foster more genuinely collaborative and productive research. Chapter 10 is available Open Access here: https: //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK395883/.
Book Synopsis Sustaining Interdisciplinary Collaboration by : Regina Bendix
Download or read book Sustaining Interdisciplinary Collaboration written by Regina Bendix and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once a slogan and a vision for future scholarship, interdisciplinarity promises to break through barriers to address today's complex challenges. Yet even high-stakes projects often falter, undone by poor communication, strong feelings, bureaucratic frameworks, and contradictory incentives. This new book shows newcomers and veteran researchers how to craft associations that will lead to rich mutual learning under inevitably tricky conditions. Strikingly candid and always grounded, the authors draw a wealth of profound, practical lessons from an in-depth case study of a multiyear funded project on cultural property. Examining the social dynamics of collaboration, they show readers how to anticipate sources of conflict, nurture trust, and jump-start thinking across disciplines. Researchers and institutions alike will learn to plan for each phase of a project life cycle, capturing insights and shepherding involvement along the way.
Download or read book Research Collaboration written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributing authors explore their relationships and praxis in particular research collaborations that range from large interdisciplinary teams to intimate teams between university-based researchers who collaborate with teachers or students. Successes experienced by the contributors are discussed in terms of solidarity, emotional energy, trust, agency, power, and ethical praxis.
Book Synopsis Foundations of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research by : Bianca Vienni-Baptista
Download or read book Foundations of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research written by Bianca Vienni-Baptista and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researchers from a range of different fields, it paves the way for future scholarship and effective research collaborations across disciplines. Chapters offer extracts from key academic texts on topics such as the design, funding, evaluation and communication of research, providing those new to the field with a thorough grounding. They highlight examples of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary triumphs - and challenges. Concluding each chapter is a commentary provided by practitioners from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are themselves developing new approaches to inter- and transdisciplinarity. The book is:* the first ever comprehensive reader for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity;* essential reading for those seeking to become effective collaborative researchers;* complete with concise introductions, extracts, commentary and further reading in each chapter.This is a much-needed primer that improves our understanding of the characteristics of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, unlocking their exciting potential in research and teaching within and beyond academia.
Book Synopsis Collaborative Research in the United States by : Albert N. Link
Download or read book Collaborative Research in the United States written by Albert N. Link and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to understand collaborative research activity in the United States, it is important to understand the contextual environment in which firms pursue a collaborative research strategy. The U.S. environment for formal collaborative research was established through a number of policy initiatives promulgated in the 1980s in response to the widespread productivity slowdown throughout industry that began in the early 1970s and then intensified in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These initiatives include the Bayh–Dole Act of 1980, the Stevenson–Wydler Act of 1980 and its amendments, the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 and its amendments, and the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Collaborative Research in the United States offers a critical and retrospective description of collaborative research activity in the United States in an effort to provide a prospective framework for policymakers to evaluate future policy initiatives to encourage such strategic behavior. The analysis that underlies the policy framework draws from the performance of U.S. firms’ experiences, presenting a quantitative foundation for recommendations about future policy initiatives. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of critical management studies, strategic management, economics, and public policy.
Book Synopsis Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services by : Carrie Forbes
Download or read book Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services written by Carrie Forbes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education institutions in the United States and across the globe, are realizing the importance of enabling internal and external collaborative work, e.g., interdisciplinary research and community partnerships. In recent years, researchers have documented the benefits of organizational collaboration for research including greater efficiency, effectiveness, and enhanced research reputation. In addition, accreditors, foundations, business, and government agencies have been espousing the value of collaboration for knowledge creation and research and improved organizational functioning. As a result of both the external pressures and the known benefits, many forms of internal and external research collaborations have begun to emerge in higher education. At the heart of this change, academic libraries, who have long been models for collaborative work, are increasingly participating in the research process by providing a widening range of research services beyond traditional reference services. Innovative library services, in areas such as bibliometric analysis, research data management, and data repositories, are evolving in response to changes in education funding and policies. These funding and policy changes have also coincided with technological developments to create opportunities for academic librarians to find new roles within their institutions and the research community. There is a growing body of literature examining these changing academic library roles, but few volumes have concentrated on how the nature of collaborative work in libraries is helping to reshape institutional research practices. Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services fills that void by providing academic librarians and administrators with case studies and guidance on how academic libraries are establishing their place in this new collaborative research arena in the areas of emerging liaison roles, research data services, open access and scholarly publishing, and professional development programming. The book will also be useful to higher education administrators and institutional research officers looking for information on how to partner with libraries to increase the effectiveness of collaborative research.
Book Synopsis Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle by : Karin Bijsterveld
Download or read book Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle written by Karin Bijsterveld and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book illustrates how interdisciplinary research develops over the lifetime of a scholar: not in a single project, but as an attitude that trickles down, or spirals up, into research. This book presents how interdisciplinary work has inspired shifts in how the contributors read, value concepts, critically combine methods, cope with knowledge hierarchies, write in style, and collaborate. Drawing on extensive examples from the humanities and social sciences, the editors and chapter authors show how they started, tried to open up, dealt with inconsistencies, had to adapt, and ultimately learned and grew as researchers. The book offers valuable insights into the conditions and complexities present for interdisciplinary research to be successful in an academic setting. This is an open access book.
Book Synopsis OPTIONS for Strengthening Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Concluding Report; Summary by : Hellmuth Lange
Download or read book OPTIONS for Strengthening Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Concluding Report; Summary written by Hellmuth Lange and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Strength in Numbers by : Barry Bozeman
Download or read book The Strength in Numbers written by Barry Bozeman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand new ways of thinking about scientific research. When three hundred people make a discovery, who gets credit? How can all collaborators’ concerns be adequately addressed? Why do certain STEM collaborations succeed while others fail? Focusing on the nascent science of team science,The Strength in Numbers synthesizes the results of the most far-reaching study to date on collaboration among university scientists to provide answers to such questions. Drawing on a national survey with responses from researchers at more than one hundred universities, anonymous web posts, archival data, and extensive interviews with active scientists and engineers in over a dozen STEM disciplines, Barry Bozeman and Jan Youtie set out a framework to characterize different types of collaboration and their likely outcomes. They also develop a model to define research effectiveness, which assesses factors internal and external to collaborations. They advance what they have found to be the gold standard of science collaborations: consultative collaboration management. This strategy—which codifies methods of consulting all team members on a study’s key points and incorporates their preferences and values—empowers managers of STEM collaborations to optimize the likelihood of their effectiveness. The Strength in Numbers is a milestone in the science of team science and an indispensable guide for scientists interested in maximizing collaborative success.
Book Synopsis Breaking Out of the Box by : Marilyn J. Amey
Download or read book Breaking Out of the Box written by Marilyn J. Amey and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Interdisciplinary Conversations by : Myra Strober
Download or read book Interdisciplinary Conversations written by Myra Strober and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversations across academic disciplines are the future. This work delves into the dynamics, rewards, and challenges of such conversations.
