Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of success

Autor:	Walter K. Dodds, Simon Goring, Ryan M. Utz, Alexandra M. Thorn, Kathleen C. Weathers, Patricia A. Soranno, Lynn C. Sweet, John S. Kominoski, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Janine Rüegg
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Value (ethics) Ecology Cost–benefit analysis business.industry Ecology (disciplines) media_common.quotation_subject Public relations Ecological systems theory Outreach Promotion (rank) Social media Sociology Early career business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common
Zdroj:	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 12:39-47
ISSN:	1540-9309 1540-9295
DOI:	10.1890/120370
Popis:	Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to understand ecological systems at scales critical to human decision making. Current reward structures are problematic for scientists engaged in interdisciplinary research, particularly early career researchers, because academic culture tends to value only some research outputs, such as primary-authored publications. Here, we present a framework for the costs and benefits of collaboration, with a focus on early career stages, and show how the implementation of novel measures of success can help defray the costs of collaboration. Success measures at team and individual levels include research outputs other than publications, including educational outcomes, dataset creation, outreach products (eg blogs or social media), and the application of scientific results to policy or management activities. Promotion and adoption of new measures of success will require concerted effort by both collaborators and their institutions. Expanded measures should better reflect an...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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