Responsible north-south research and innovation: A framework for transdisciplinary research leadership and management.

Autor: French MA; Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.; Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Barker SF; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne Australia., Henry R; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne Australia., Turagabeci A; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji., Ansariadi A; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia., Tela A; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji., Ramirez-Lovering D; Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Awaluddin F; Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE), Makassar, Indonesia., Latief I; Department of Engineering, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia., Vakarewa I; Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE), Suva, Fiji., Taruc RR; Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE), Makassar, Indonesia., Wong T; Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Davis B; Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Brown R; Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President, Monash University, Victoria, Australia., Leder K; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research policy [Res Policy] 2024 Sep; Vol. 53 (7), pp. 105048.
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105048
Abstrakt: The number, scale and ambition of transdisciplinary research initiatives between the global north and the global south is increasing, yet there is very little theoretical or empirical scholarship on how to lead and manage implementation to promote responsible practice. Within science, technology and innovation (STI) studies and decolonising research frameworks, and utilising collaborative autoethnography, this study codifies experience with implementing the 'Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments' (RISE) program (2017-2020). Our specific aim is to explore the leadership and management tensions and challenges of implementing transboundary transdisciplinary research. The findings reaffirm the importance of research leaders and managers carefully operationalising north-south research by critically reflecting on power asymmetries between disciplines, partners and locations, leveraging the potential for transdisciplinary consortia to build research capabilities in the global south, and creating a culture of reflexivity on the historical and social positionality in which research is designed, funded, implemented and evaluated. The findings foreground the role of boundary-spanning 'integrators' and 'pracademics', roles that have received little attention to date but are essential for effective delivery and societal impact beyond scientific advances. A framework for implementing north-south transdisciplinary research is outlined with five domains: (1) collaborative leadership; (2) agile management; (3) flexible consortia; (4) researcher positionality; and (5) co-design and participation. The framework can support efforts for responsibly designing and implementing large, transdisciplinary, cross-country research programs in line with ambitions for decolonising north-south research.
Competing Interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Rebekah Brown reports financial support was provided by Wellcome Trust. Karin Leder reports financial support was provided by National Health and Medical Research Council. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(© 2024 The Authors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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