Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects
Global environmental problems such as climate change are not bounded by national borders or scientific disciplines, and therefore require international, interdisciplinary teamwork to develop understandings of their causes and solutions. Interdisciplinary scientific work is difficult enough, but thes...
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| author | Pischke, Erin C. Knowlton, Jessie L. Phifer, Colin C. Gutierrez Lopez, José Propato, Tamara Sofía Eastmond, Amarella Martins de Souza, Tatiana Kuhlberg, Mark Picasso Risso, Valentin Veron, Santiago Ramón Garcia, Carlos Chiappe, Marta Halvorsen, Kathleen E. |
| author_browse | Chiappe, Marta Eastmond, Amarella Garcia, Carlos Gutierrez Lopez, José Halvorsen, Kathleen E. Knowlton, Jessie L. Kuhlberg, Mark Martins de Souza, Tatiana Phifer, Colin C. Picasso Risso, Valentin Pischke, Erin C. Propato, Tamara Sofía Veron, Santiago Ramón |
| author_facet | Pischke, Erin C. Knowlton, Jessie L. Phifer, Colin C. Gutierrez Lopez, José Propato, Tamara Sofía Eastmond, Amarella Martins de Souza, Tatiana Kuhlberg, Mark Picasso Risso, Valentin Veron, Santiago Ramón Garcia, Carlos Chiappe, Marta Halvorsen, Kathleen E. |
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| description | Global environmental problems such as climate change are not bounded by national borders or scientific disciplines, and therefore require international, interdisciplinary teamwork to develop understandings of their causes and solutions. Interdisciplinary scientific work is difficult enough, but these challenges are often magnified when teams also work across national boundaries. The literature on the challenges of interdisciplinary research is extensive. However, research on international, interdisciplinary teams is nearly non-existent. Our objective is to fill this gap by reporting on results from a study of a large interdisciplinary, international National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) research project across the Americas. We administered a structured questionnaire to team members about challenges they faced while working together across disciplines and outside of their home countries in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Analysis of the responses indicated five major types of barriers to conducting interdisciplinary, international research: integration, language, fieldwork logistics, personnel and relationships, and time commitment. We discuss the causes and recommended solutions to the most common barriers. Our findings can help other interdisciplinary, international research teams anticipate challenges, and develop effective solutions to minimize the negative impacts of these barriers to their research. |
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| spelling | INTA45692019-03-11T14:10:20Z Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects Pischke, Erin C. Knowlton, Jessie L. Phifer, Colin C. Gutierrez Lopez, José Propato, Tamara Sofía Eastmond, Amarella Martins de Souza, Tatiana Kuhlberg, Mark Picasso Risso, Valentin Veron, Santiago Ramón Garcia, Carlos Chiappe, Marta Halvorsen, Kathleen E. Latin America Sustainability Research Projects Interdisciplinary Research América Latina Sostenibilidad Proyectos de Investigación Investigación Interdisciplinar Socioecological Systems Sistemas Socioecologicos Global environmental problems such as climate change are not bounded by national borders or scientific disciplines, and therefore require international, interdisciplinary teamwork to develop understandings of their causes and solutions. Interdisciplinary scientific work is difficult enough, but these challenges are often magnified when teams also work across national boundaries. The literature on the challenges of interdisciplinary research is extensive. However, research on international, interdisciplinary teams is nearly non-existent. Our objective is to fill this gap by reporting on results from a study of a large interdisciplinary, international National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) research project across the Americas. We administered a structured questionnaire to team members about challenges they faced while working together across disciplines and outside of their home countries in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Analysis of the responses indicated five major types of barriers to conducting interdisciplinary, international research: integration, language, fieldwork logistics, personnel and relationships, and time commitment. We discuss the causes and recommended solutions to the most common barriers. Our findings can help other interdisciplinary, international research teams anticipate challenges, and develop effective solutions to minimize the negative impacts of these barriers to their research. Instituto de Clima y Agua Fil: Pischke, Erin C. Michigan Technological University; Estados Unidos Fil: Knowlton, Jessie L. Michigan Technological University; Estados Unidos. Wheaton College; Estados Unidos Fil: Phifer, Colin C. Michigan Technological University; Estados Unidos Fil: Gutierrez Lopez, José. University of New Hampshire; Estados Unidos Fil: Propato, Tamara Sofía. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Eastmond, Amarella. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Yucatán; México Fil: Martins de Souza, Tatiana. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil. Conservation International; Brasil Fil: Kuhlberg, Mark. Laurentian University; Canadá Fil: Picasso Risso, Valentin. Universidad de la República; Uruguay. University of Wisconsin–Madison; Estados Unidos Fil: Verón, Santiago Ramón. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Garcia, Carlos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia; México Fil: Chiappe, Marta. Universidad de la República; Uruguay Fil: Halvorsen, Kathleen E. Michigan Technological University; Estados Unidos 2019-03-11T14:02:47Z 2019-03-11T14:02:47Z 2017-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4569 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-017-0939-8#citeas 0364-152X 1432-1009 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0939-8 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Environmental management 60 (6) : 1011–1021. (December 2017) |
| spellingShingle | Latin America Sustainability Research Projects Interdisciplinary Research América Latina Sostenibilidad Proyectos de Investigación Investigación Interdisciplinar Socioecological Systems Sistemas Socioecologicos Pischke, Erin C. Knowlton, Jessie L. Phifer, Colin C. Gutierrez Lopez, José Propato, Tamara Sofía Eastmond, Amarella Martins de Souza, Tatiana Kuhlberg, Mark Picasso Risso, Valentin Veron, Santiago Ramón Garcia, Carlos Chiappe, Marta Halvorsen, Kathleen E. Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title | Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title_full | Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title_fullStr | Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title_short | Barriers and solutions to conducting large international, interdisciplinary research projects |
| title_sort | barriers and solutions to conducting large international interdisciplinary research projects |
| topic | Latin America Sustainability Research Projects Interdisciplinary Research América Latina Sostenibilidad Proyectos de Investigación Investigación Interdisciplinar Socioecological Systems Sistemas Socioecologicos |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4569 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-017-0939-8#citeas https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0939-8 |
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