e-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges

Description

Research in both academic and non-academic circles has remained virtually identical in its conduct and organization over the last few decades. Disparate groups of researchers have worked on their ideas, projects and inventions in isolated clusters, with little sharing of information and synergies from collaboration. The advent of social networks and Web portals such as MyNetResearch have led to the creation of new research networks that dramatically reduces the barriers and obstacles to collaboration by researchers who are geographically, organizationally and disciplinarily distant. The current tens of thousands and eventually millions of researchers who will use research networks are ushering in a new paradigm for research. In this paradigm collaboration is made much easier, sharing of research knowledge is instant, and synergies from routine collaboration will yield huge advances in research productivity and innovation. This book examines how research networks are changing the practice of research and decide how best to embrace such technologies and use them to their best advantage. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 An Overview of e-Research Collaboration....Pages 3-13 An Anatomy of Collaboration Within the Online Environment....Pages 15-34 Time, Place and Cyberspace: Foundations for Successful e-Research Collaboration....Pages 35-48 Gaps and Bridges in Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration....Pages 49-64 Building a Conceptual Framework for Creating New Knowledge Through a Virtual Interdisciplinary Environment Process....Pages 65-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Serverless Social Software for Nomadic Collaboration....Pages 85-104 A Taxonomy of e-Research Collaboration Tools: Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Collaborate and Create with Research Partners....Pages 105-116 Blogging to Accelerate Peer Review of Doctoral Dissertations....Pages 117-131 The Butterfly Effect: An Approach to Web-Based Scientific Data Distribution and Management with Linkages to Climate Data and the Semantic Web....Pages 133-151 Collaboration Among e-Research Projects in the UK: An Analysis Using Online Research Methods....Pages 153-166 e-Research in International Cooperation Networks in Science and Technology Research....Pages 167-199 Wikis in Design Engineering Research....Pages 201-217 Shifting the Research Grant Collaboration Paradigm with Research 2.0....Pages 219-232 Doctoral Programs in the Age of Research 2.0....Pages 233-246 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Issues Related to Research Ethics in e-Research Collaboration....Pages 249-261 The Coming “République des Lettres”....Pages 263-275 E-Research Collaboration and the Free-Rider Problem: Communication Solutions to Social Dilemmas in Computer Mediated Research Collaborations....Pages 277-288 Knowledge Sharing by Web 2.0 in Real Estate and Construction Discipline....Pages 289-301 Creation of Social Capital in a Web Based Virtual Research Environment....Pages 303-314 Back Matter....Pages 315-326