A roadmap for forming successful interdisciplinary education research collaborations: a reflective approach

Bossio, Diana; Loch, Birgit; Schier, Mark; Mazzolini, Alexander P.

doi:10.1080/07294360.2013.832167

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“…This implies that epistemic cultures, concepts and values must be explicit (cf. Brodin and Avery 2014), as well as the individuals' expectations of the collaborative processes and potential outcomes (Boden et al 2014;Bossio et al 2014). In other words, the epistemic space is not static, but will evolve depending on the social and communicative dynamics of the environment, since both disciplinary values and positions are set in motion through social interaction.…”

Section: The Social Spacementioning

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Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Scholarly Independence in Multidisciplinary Learning Environments at Doctoral Level and Beyond

Brodin

Avery

2020

Minerva

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The aim of this study is to investigate how patterns of collaboration and scholarly independence are related to early stage researchers' development in two multidisciplinary learning environments at a Swedish university. Based on interviews with leaders, supervisors, doctoral students, and post docs, results show how early stage researchers' development is conditioned by their relative positions in time (career stage) and space (geographical and epistemic position). Through the theoretical notions of 'epistemic living space' and 'developmental networks', four ways of experiencing the multidisciplinary learning environment were distinguished. Overall, the environments provided a world of opportunities, where the epistemic living space entailed many possibilities for cross-disciplinary collaboration and development of scholarly independence among peers. However, depending on the members' relative positions in time and space, this world became an alien world for the post docs who had been forced to become "over-independent" and find collaborators elsewhere. Moreover, it became an avoided world for absent mono-disciplinary supervisors and students who embodied "non-collective independence", away from the environments' community. By contrast, a joint world emerged for doctoral students located in the environment, which promoted their "independent positioning" and collaborative ambitions. Thus, early stage researchers' collaboration and development of scholarly independence were optimised in a converged learning space, where the temporal and spatial conditions were integrated and equally conducive for

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Section: The Social Spacementioning

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Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Scholarly Independence in Multidisciplinary Learning Environments at Doctoral Level and Beyond

Brodin

Avery

2020

Minerva

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“…Interdisciplinary practice is conducted by a group of individuals who integrate methods, data, and concepts from at least two fields in order to develop theories or solutions that are beyond the confines of one discipline (Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Academies, 2004). Interdisciplinary work is not synonymous with multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary work because interdisciplinary work specifically includes the integration of, not simply the use of, methods and knowledge from multiple fields (Bossio, Loch, Schier, & Mazzolini, 2014; Lattuca, 2001).…”

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“…Interdisciplinarity allows for cooperative work across fields from which all participants can benefit. Participants are made to feel empowered and appreciated when others listen to their contributions, and in gaining firsthand experience with a collaborative approach, they learn how to apply knowledge from other fields to create innovative solutions (Bossio et al, 2014). The nature of an MDR lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach.…”

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Manifestation Determinations: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Best Practices

Knudsen¹,

Bethune²

2018

TEACHING Exceptional Children

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“…Here, we conceptualise and critically reflect on the process of collaboration, placing theory into the social context of the research to better inform such research practice (Saltiel, 2003). This follows Bossio et al (2014) who suggest that such a self-reflective approach is necessary to facilitate successful inter-disciplinary research collaboration.…”

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“…Other contextual factors may also impact specifically on the success of research collaborations. These include social expectations of trust; disciplinary expectations and understandings; and expectations regarding a successful outcome (Bossio, Loch, Schier, & Mazzolini, 2014). Here, we conceptualise and critically reflect on the process of collaboration, placing theory into the social context of the research to better inform such research practice (Saltiel, 2003).…”

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Opportunities for intra-university collaborations in the new research environment

Steel

Thompson

Wright

2018

Higher Education Research & Development

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New opportunities for research collaborations within universities are explored through reflection on a recent collaboration between an academic researcher, the library and the eResearch Centre at a regional Australian university. Such opportunities arise from significant changes to the research landscape, including increased emphasis on open access publication of research outputs and the growth of eResearch capabilities. The latter has resulted in increases in data size and complexity and provides opportunities for collaboration across research institutions. This article reflects on the dynamics and assesses the outcomes of a collaboration formed during an externally funded open research data project. This project and a precursor project are briefly described, together with the specific contribution of each collaborator. Collaboration dynamics and the reasons for project success are assessed, as are implications for future research practice. Outcomes from eResearch collaborations may provide broader benefits to universities, as well as rewards to academic researchers.

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A roadmap for forming successful interdisciplinary education research collaborations: a reflective approach

Cited by 30 publications

References 9 publications

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Scholarly Independence in Multidisciplinary Learning Environments at Doctoral Level and Beyond

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Scholarly Independence in Multidisciplinary Learning Environments at Doctoral Level and Beyond

Manifestation Determinations: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Best Practices

Opportunities for intra-university collaborations in the new research environment

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