This workshop is for DPhil students and Early Career Researchers who want to develop a collaboration with a business or another non-academic organisation but are unsure about what the collaboration might be about/what type of collaboration would suit their needs the most.
Collaboration with a non-academic organisation or business can be a fantastic and rewarding experience; building your network, enhancing your own research, and increasing your impact.
There are many models and types of collaboration
Which is right for you?
How can you shape a collaboration to work along with all your other commitments?
Objectives:
Understand the key factors that should shape your decision to collaborate and your evaluation of the type of collaboration that might work best for your purpose
Become aware of common types of collaborations that social scientists engage in and of what their benefits and limitations are
Start to think about with the help of concrete examples what type of collaboration will suit your needs