Research Collaboration: A step-by-step guide to success

by Annette Bramley, Liz Ogilvie

Overview

Collaboration is a defining feature of 21st-century research, with more and more people routinely traversing formal disciplinary boundaries in the quest for fundamental and applied scientific discovery – even when it takes them beyond their core domain knowledge and expertise. This book takes a practical approach to support researchers in their collaborative practice. This book will help readers to overcome common barriers to research collaboration, preparing them to form high-quality collaborations within a supportive organisational culture. Suitable for researchers at all levels, this book serves a global audience. It is as relevant for PhD students and postdoctoral scientists as it is to senior research managers working across academia, government agencies and industry. It also provides an invaluable reference for key stakeholders in the wider ecosystem supporting and facilitating research and innovation.

Key Features:

• Timeliness and relevance for 21st-century research teams
• Suitable for researchers in all disciplines and at all career stages – i.e. PhD student through to senior research management
• By authors with unique real-world experience of facilitating and supporting research collaborations
• Aiming to give readers tools and approaches that they can use and apply to develop their own research practice/behaviours.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750327275
Publisher:	Institute of Physics Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2021
Series:	IOP ebooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Annette Bramley is the very driven and inspiring Director and ‘Chief Collaboration Officer’ of the N8 Research Partnership- the strongest university research alliance in the UK. As one of the U.Ks foremost experts in research culture, she has become a regular, compelling and in-demand speaker on the subject. A graduate of Oxford University where she achieved a first-class degree and D.Phil in Materials Science, her particular niche is bringing people from different backgrounds to work together on research that has a tangible, genuine and long-lasting impact on the world. It’s fair to say N8’s successes in this arena are both as fascinating as they are many. For over 20 years she guided scientists and engineers of all disciplines at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) with great skill, inclusivity and creativity. The LinkedIn recommendations available here https://bit.ly/3lUKPK6 go some way to explaining how one unique input has helped make so many people and projects successful.

When not excelling in her profession Annette is also a gifted artist in the medium of embroidery and acrylic and again to the highest accolade. She holds the Certificate in Technical Hand Embroidery from the Royal School of Needlework with Distinction and has exhibited countrywide. As if all that isn’t impressive enough – her current side hustle is studying for a Professional Diploma in Group Sound Therapy.

Liz Ogilvie is a Director of The Collective Facilitation Limited and has over 20 years' experience in facilitation and leadership development. She has worked for and with organisations from global multinationals, such as Procter and Gamble, to education institutions, including Kingston College, and micro-enterprises in under-developed parts of London. Her career has seen her facilitate sandpits throughout the world, helping to inspire innovative, transformative multi-disciplinary solutions that answer increasingly complex challenges. She has worked with organisations in the UK including UK Research and Innovation, Wellcome, the Royal Society, the British Academy, Cancer Research UK, Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Autistica. Globally her clients have included the World Health Organisation and the National Science Foundation of the United States of America.

She is a school governor and Chair of the Governors of a Community Health Organisation.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Authors biography 1 The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of research collaboration 2 Get ready: preparing yourself to collaborate 3 Leading by example: preparing your team to collaborate 4 Creating a collaborative organisation 5 What’s next for research collaboration?