Post on 04-Jan-2016
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eResearch Culture: An Ecological Metaphor
Kate Nolan
• What is eResearch and how does it fit with the research management service role?
• What is the function of eResearch?• An ecology metaphor - shifting the service
delivery paradigm• A ‘Precision Agriculture’ example
Research at the cutting edge
Structure follows function:
What kinds of research opportunities, human dynamics and cultural shifts are we wanting to enable for our research communities?
What is the function of eResearch?
eResearch functions:
Across discipline, multidisciplinary and/or inter disciplinary research
Collaborative research
Data intensive research
Open research engagement
Inter institutional research
eResearch culture: An ecological metaphorResearch EcosystemHow do we function?
What roles do we play?How do we create
and nurture a symbiotic culture
of speciesInterrelationship?Researchers
Research components
Professional service
expertise
An integrated coordinated model of professional service delivery
Research and
Enterprise team
ITS Library eLearning support
Marketing and
communication
Human resources
Building an integrated and coordinated professional support service
Operationalising and delivering professional support service expertise
The Research and Enterprise Support Service Ecosystem
Research Development
Advisors Business team
Commercial and
Enterprise teamEthics
Team
Graduate Research
School
Information management
systems team
Contract team
Multi Disciplinary Integrated/Coordinated Professional
Services
How do we fit together?
The Integrated/Coordinated Professional Services/Researcher
Partnership
The model in action: a pilot study
SCommercialPrecision
Agriculture
Commercial product to market
Data intensive researchIndustryStakeholder engagement
Teaching and Post graduate programme development
CoordinatedSupport service
Precision Agriculture ecosystem at Massey University
Support services are here to enable not to police
Ecology is a useful metaphor Embrace the concept of
researcher/support service partnerships