COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IS THE FUTURE OF NEXT PHASE OF RESEARCH
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IS THE FUTURE OF NEXT PHASE OF RESEARCH
Dr.
Manish Bhardwaj
Department
of Computer Science and Engineering, KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR,
Ghaziabad
When
used in the context of scholarly study, the word "collaboration" is generally
understood to mean a cooperative effort between two or more researchers from
different universities who find each other's work to be interesting and useful.
When conducting collaborative research, it is common practice to bring together
several individuals from different fields. Researchers from various
institutions (government, academia, non-profits, and industry) work together to
define the problem, with the end goal of informing management or policy
decisions.
Collaborative
research is defined by its focus on a clearly articulated policy or managerial
need. Together, practitioners and scientists work to influence the project's
scope and design, and the two also interact to develop research results and
outputs as shown in figure 1.
Figure 1: Collaborative Research
There
are many different motivations for people to work together on a topic through
collaborative research. Funding organizations often look favorably upon
interdisciplinary research teams since they can pool their resources to accomplish
more. The fact that no one individual is responsible for everything is one of
the greatest benefits of collaborative research based on the equal division of
labor model. Team members will have plenty of chances to gain expertise in
other areas of the company as they work on the project. By working together on
research, scientists, legislators, and management are able to pool their
knowledge and expertise to solve pressing problems. Better results are achieved
when researchers work alongside practitioners rather than trying to do their
work for them.
Five main categories of joint
research exist:
Within Academic Institute- In this scenario, individuals of the same academic
institution but from different departments work together on a project. Due to
the fact that it is conducted within the same institution's many divisions, no
extra funds are required, and the workload is fairly distributed.
Between Two Academic Institutes - As a collaboration between academic institutions,
this group consists of students, faculty, and staff from a variety of different
schools working together on a same topic.
Between Government Agency and
Academic Institutes- Institutions
of higher learning collaborate with government departments or agencies to find
solutions to pressing societal problems. The government agency provides the
financing for this study.
Institutions of higher learning and
private industry- in this kind
of study, a researcher from a private firm collaborates with a team of
academics. During this time, the non-academic researcher works on his own
project and picks the brains of his fellow group members on cutting-edge
methods and intriguing research problems.
International and National- Both national and international research
collaborations involve teams from multiple institutions and often span multiple
countries.
Figure 2: Enablers and Challenges of Collaborative
Research
Collaborative
research has the potential to yield significant findings, but it also gives
rise to a number of moral questions because of the sheer volume of individuals,
organizations, and resources that must be pooled together. It brings up
numerous questions of authorship ethics. Agreements regarding the level of
involvement required before a researcher's name can be included in a publication
vary widely across disciplines. Each member of the research team must make
either a "significant intellectual contribution" or a "important
scientific contribution" before they may be included as an author.
Dr.
Manish Bhardwaj
Department
of Computer Science and Engineering
KIET
Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad
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