Click here to view the August 13th webinar featuring the myRESEARCHnavigator Team, from the Duke Office of Research Initiatives. In this webinar we hear from this interdisciplinary team of connectors – connectors of people, resources and processes - about what works, programmatically, to help start-up and fuel effective research: from a “self-service” web portal to a “full-service” research navigation hotline. Topics include programs, best-practices, success metrics and how to do this work on the cheap for small research programs.
July 9th, 2019: Team work and the Tech Sector
Click here to view the July 9th webinar, featuring Dr. Kennan Kellaris Salinero, Executive Director and cofounder of ReImagine Science. It was through Dr Salinero’s experiences in various academic and biotech settings that she began to see gaps in how the scientific community was doing science, particularly in cooperation and collaboration within the genomic sciences. This launched her on a journey, which she shares with us, of learning from Silicon Valley’s lessons and forays into understanding what factors, especially interpersonal, facilitate effective team work. Her talk features an overview of various process tools employed by the tech sector and some analysis of their effectiveness, along with great resources for further exploration! You can find her slides here.
April 9th, 2019: The Natural History Institute: Transdisciplinary Research Perspectives from the Field
Click here to view the April 9th webinar, featuring Dr. Tom Fleischner of The Natural History Institute and Prescott College. Dr Fleischner walks with us down his interdisciplinary path from political philosophy, public lands management, field biology and wilderness education and shares with us the lessons he learned through his practice of Natural History, which he defines as “The practice of intentional focused attentiveness and receptivity to the more-than-human world guided by honesty and accuracy.” He argues that Natural History is a field that requires input from science, art and the humanities. His talk and the discussion that follows touches on emotionality, especially love, the importance of stories and following your passion.
March 12th, 2019 Intrapreneurship for Academic Researchers
Click here to view the March 12th webinar, in which Jacqueline Smith poses a question that drives her work at Arizona State University, “What if universities were as nimble as startups?”. Jacqueline serves as the Associate Vice President of the Office of University Initiatives, which employs the principles of intrapreneurship such as design thinking, research and collaboration, and rapid prototyping to launch new initiatives in support of ASU’s charter and strategic plan. Drawing on examples from her work, she offers a framework for the iteration and generation of ideas and questions, and a development scheme for moving towards opportunity-orientation in your own organization.
February 12th, 2019: Intereach and INSciTS: Moving Forward Together
Click here to view the February 12th webinar, in which Amanda Vogel provides a brief overview of the aims, history and achievements of the Science of Team Science (SciTS) community, and explains its culmination in the recently established professional association, the International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS). Dr. Vogel serves as the founding membership chair for INSciTS and provides details about membership benefits and the vision for the community, including the annual SciTS conference and the formation of special interest groups. Christine Hendren then presents the aims, history and achievements of Intereach and future plans now that Intereach has become a special interest group of INSciTS. Discussion follows.
October 23rd, 2018: Intereach Community: Sharing Research Resources and Approaches
Click here to view the October 23rd webinar, a working session hosted and moderated by Intereach Webinar Co-Chairs Dr. Karen Demby and Dr. Kristine Glauber. This month’s discussion was held as an opportunity to hear from community members and foster deeper connections by sharing of success stories and establishing shared goals. Karen and Kristine held interactive discussions with those who called in, and welcomed input at any time sent to the listserv at intereach@duke.edu. Topics included:
What topics and/or guests would be of interest for Spring 2019 and beyond? (Our other archived webinars may give you an idea of what we’ve already discussed).
What TEAM SCIENCE resources and tools from the TEAMS SCIENCE TOOLKIT (or other resources, e.g. TeamScience.net, Collaboration and Team Science: A field Guide) did people find most helpful, or want more of? Attendees (and archive watchers alike) are invited to share what has helped in overcoming challenges.
November 12th, 2018 - Avoiding Frankenstein’s Monster: Proposal Writing for Teams!
Click here to view the November 12th Intereach webinar, presented by Lauren Gee, Research Development Associate of the Office of Campus Research Development in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Duke University. In this practical and helpful interactive webinar, Lauren covers best practices for grant-writing as part of a team, ensuring a product that looks cohesive and intentional rather than patchwork. Elements of these best practices, including development of a shared vocabulary, mapping a project team’s writing vision, and developing a shared timeline, are highly applicable to grant writing but also beyond this, for success in team projects throughout implementation.
September 11th, 2018: Co-Navigator: Hands-On Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
Click here to view the September 11th seminar from the developers of the CoNavigator tool: Katrine Lindvig, Line Hillersdal and David Earle. They first introduce the tool and its use currently, typically to map out a singular event and navigate through complex problems while better understanding the contextual nature of interdisciplinary collaboration. They then broaden the discussion to explore net steps for using the tool as an ongoing resource over the entire course of a problem-solving trajectory, and invite discussant (or archived webinar-watchers’, it’s not too late!) input. Visit www.conavigator.org to learn more.
Katrine Lindvig PhD is an educational ethnographer at the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specializes in interdisciplinary education, especially the linkages between interdisciplinary research and interdisciplinary teaching practices.
Line Hillersdal PhD is a social anthropologist and Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specializes in interdisciplinary research collaboration and is particularly involved in how research objects are configured in collaborative practices.
David Earle is a concept developer and partner at Braintrust, an academic think tank based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He develops visual and tactile tools and methods to help students learn to navigate through their academic knowledge, and to work more effectively in multi- and interdisciplinary teams.
August 24th, 2018: The Importance of Transdisciplinary Multiscale Theorizing and Research to Address Societal and Global Challenges in the 21st Century
Click here to view the August 24th webinar presented by Dr. Dan Stokols, Research Professor and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology in the Departments of Psychology and Social Behavior and Planning, Policy, and Design, and founding dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Stokols discusses transdisciplinary, multi-scale theorizing and research aimed at better understanding and ameliorating some of the pressing societal and global challenges of the 21st Century. He provides an excellent overview on systems approaches to sustainability, and particularly on people’s transactions with their social and physical environments and how they influence personal and public health.
April 4, 2018: Gender & Team Science: Toward Improving Effectiveness of Research and Collaboration
Click here to view the April 4th webinar presented by Dr. Holly Falk-Krzesinski on the topic of Gender and Team science, drawing on a growing array of empirical research and literature review work that she and others have contributed to the Science of Team Science on gender issues in team science. In this webinar she reviewed and presented relevant literature with a focus on evidence-based policy implications, highlighting clearly how research institutions can improve their understanding of how gender issues can affect science outcomes and how they might improve their practices and institutional support. Dr. Falk-Krzesinski is Vice President of Global Academic Relations at Elsevier, Adjunct Senior Instructor in the School of Professional Studies at Northwestern University, and founder of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP).