Summer of Research: Sussex Beacons events
Using SciVal to find ‘stretch’ collaborators
If you have interest in learning how to use tools that are freely available to you whilst you’re at the University of Sussex to search for “stretch” collaborators - then this workshop is for you!
Everyone naturally builds a network of colleagues and collaborators as they progress through their research career – tending to spread outwards from the initial, specific research question as you: are introduced to someone by a mutual colleague, talk with people at conferences, reach out to people whose papers/presentations you have read.
However, if you want to actively seek a future collaborator who works in a research area that is tangential to yours, and/or at a different institution, and/or in a different sector and/or another country - things can be more of a challenge. Despite the difficulties, finding such “stretch” collaborators is something that researchers (and research managers) need to learn how to do; funding bodies are issuing more trans-/inter-/multi-disciplinary research calls, and allocating larger pots of money for larger/wider consortia to deliver research projects and/or research training.
This workshop will show you how some of the features of SciVal (such as “Topic & Topic Cluster” investigations) can help find people that might be worth networking/sandpit-ing with.
Lunch will be provided at 1.30pm.
We will look at a case study where we wanted to find potential collaborators:
- researching a broad range of areas including:
- climate change (adaptation / resilience / preparedness / tech uptake / supply chains / place-based vulnerabilities / learn from other countries)
- decision making (under uncertainty / robust / multi-criteria / co-benefits)
- overcoming barriers (behavioural / financial / communication)
- influence (policy / individuals / communities)
- …
- who between them would cover:
- the remit of NERC and at least 1 other UKRI research council
- based:
- within the University of Sussex, as well as in other HEIs (both in the UK and abroad)
- as well as those working in other sectors (corporates; Gvt…)
- especially with those:
- who might be considered “key stakeholders”
- or have a direct connection to such people
- who might form a sensible, fundable consortium so include people:
- that are esteemed within their own specialist research fields
- whose body of work / funding history would be attractive to a funding body panel
- show particular potential in an emerging area…
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This event is part of the Summer of Research 2024, a festival celebrating fantastic research from the University of Sussex and its positive impact. Sign up for other exciting events here!