How to build up big team science: a practical guide for large-scale collaborations

Baumgartner, Heidi A.; Alessandroni, Nicolás; Byers‐Heinlein, Krista; Frank, Michael C.; Hamlin, J. Kiley; Söderström, Mélanie; Voelkel, Jan G.; Willer, Robb; Yuen, Francis; Coles, Nicholas A.

doi:10.1098/rsos.230235

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“…So, collaborations among scientists across disciplinary, organizational, cultural and geographical borders are critical for addressing research and society's increasingly complex problems (Hall et al , 2018; Horcea-Milcu et al , 2022). Fortunately, the direction of social science research has been toward large-scale collaborations (Baumgartner et al , 2023).…”

Section: Research Agenda For Service Research and Sustainable Develop...mentioning

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SDG commentary: collaboration services for sustainable development goal (SDG) partnerships

Fisk,

Kabadayi,

Sidaoui

et al. 2023

JSM

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Purpose The purpose of this commentary is to complete the synthesis of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Seven Commentaries on Service Research Themes developed by ServCollab and the Journal of Services Marketing. As an approach to achieving SDG #17, ServCollab’s collaborative logic and design perspective for collaboration services for sustainable development partnerships are presented. Design/methodology/approach Collaboration is ServCollab’s Service Research Theme #7, which reframes the UN SDG meta goal #17 of Partnerships. In prior ServCollab research, four possible human interactions were identified: conflict, competition, cooperation and collaboration. Only the shared purpose of collaboration enables elevating the human experience. Findings The authors found no published service research that studied SDG #17, which means there are huge opportunities for service research on the role of collaboration in service systems. The alignment between the UN SDGs and ServCollab’s goals is explored. A research agenda for service research and SDG goals was proposed for collaborative communications, collaborative technologies and collaborative projects. Practical implications Practical ideas are offered for serving humanity through collaboration. Collaborations are the only practical solutions to humanity’s myriad sustainable development problems. Social implications When the United Nations developed its first 16 SDGs, they knew that accomplishing these goals required complex collaborations. That is why SDG #17 is Partnerships. ServCollab’s serving humanity logic applies collaboration to all social settings (large or small) where working together can sustain and regenerate the service ecosystem of Planet Earth. Originality/value This commentary describes a unique approach to building collaborative capacity for conducting service research projects for sustaining and regenerating the service ecosystem of Planet Earth.

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Section: Research Agenda For Service Research and Sustainable Develop...mentioning

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SDG commentary: collaboration services for sustainable development goal (SDG) partnerships

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“…The size of collaborative teams has grown over the past few decades, with larger teams developing ideas and smaller teams advancing the scientific literature through disruptions of ideas and paradigm shifts (Wu et al., 2019). Recent writing in this area has focused on the proliferation, possibilities, and unique challenges of Big Team Science—very large team collaborations in which researchers combine their resources to examine broad, shared questions of interest (e.g., Baumgartner et al., 2023; Coles et al., 2022, 2023; Forscher et al., 2019, 2023; ManyBabies Consortium; Psychological Science Accelerator).…”

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Starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psychology

Park,

Aknin,

Gaither

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Social & Personality Psych

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Much of psychological science relies on collaboration—from generating new theories and study ideas, to collecting and analyzing data, to writing and sharing results with the broader community. Learning how to collaborate with others is an important skill, yet this process is not often explicitly discussed in academia. Here, five researchers from diverse backgrounds share their experiences and advice on starting and sustaining collaborations. In doing so, they reflect on aspects of both successful (and failed) collaborations with students, colleagues within and outside of psychology, and members of industry and organizational partners beyond academia. Recommendations and challenges of productive collaborations are discussed, along with examples of how collaborative teams can contribute to psychological science, address real‐world issues, and make the process of conducting research more enjoyable and rewarding.

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“…Scientific questions and challenges are increasingly complex, requiring research teams instead of individuals to address them (Baumgartner et al, 2023). This has led to the rise of new specialised roles involved structurally in research processes: Team Infrastructure Roles (TIRs, Bennett et al, 2023).…”

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Valuing a broad range of research contributions through Team Infrastructure Roles: Why CRediT is not enough

Plomp

2023

Series 3.2: Recognition and Rewards

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Scientific research is increasingly reliant on larger teams with diverse skills and expertise. As a result, Team Infrastructure Roles (TIRs, Bennett et al. 2023) have gained prominence in research. These roles include Lab Technicians, Project Managers, Data Stewards, Research Community Managers, and Research Software Engineers. These specialised roles are key to the success of large research projects, and their expertise may contribute to enhancing the transparency of the research process. Yet, the current focus in research assessment on publications inadvertently sidelines supporting contributions of TIRs that may not translate directly into authorship on publications. TIR contributions are therefore invisible in research assessment if the focus remains on publications, even when contribution roles are described by the CRediT taxonomy. CRediT is a step forward as it allows for a more transparent recording of contributions, but only for a limited range of research outputs. Contributorship on tangible research outputs, while more transparent, is therefore still insufficient to evaluate all research contributions. The current research assessment system needs to be reimagined so that the entire spectrum of research activities and contributions to the research process are valued.

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How to build up big team science: a practical guide for large-scale collaborations

Cited by 9 publications

References 63 publications

SDG commentary: collaboration services for sustainable development goal (SDG) partnerships

SDG commentary: collaboration services for sustainable development goal (SDG) partnerships

Starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psychology

Valuing a broad range of research contributions through Team Infrastructure Roles: Why CRediT is not enough

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