@article{76d27cb93b6d4c13aa2a1d9cad02aea4,
title = "From practice to collaborative community in interdisciplinary research contexts",
abstract = "This paper contributes to the debate on the dynamics of the development of practices and their relation to the emergence of collaborative communities of practitioners. Our research is situated in a university that was seeking to promote and stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations through a number of initiatives. We are concerned both with characterizing the practices that make this kind of collaboration possible, and with the emergence of a community that creates and endorses such collaborative practices. Our findings provide insights in relation to two particular questions. First, we report on the development of interdisciplinary practices and the emergence of community, providing insights on how collaborative interdisciplinary work is accomplished in organizations in a repeatable and durable manner. Second, we consider how support interventions undertaken by the university stimulated the development of those practices. We develop theoretical and practical insights in these areas.",
keywords = "Community of practice, Interdisciplinary research, Practice",
author = "Frank Siedlok and Paul Hibbert and John Sillince",
note = "Funding Information: Our study was concerned with the context of processes and interactions within the {\textquoteleft}Bridging The Gap{\textquoteright} (BTG) initiative at a UK university, rather than the {\textquoteleft}whole life{\textquoteright} of university members. Originally the BTG initiative, supported by 3 years of external funding 3 3 , was to {\textquoteleft}to stimulate collaboration across the full range of Engineering, ICT and Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research (Management Science) Departments{\textquoteright}. More specifically, the programme's main objectives were to create infrastructure for funding and exchanging expertise; to provide opportunities for confidence building; to generate sustainable collaborations; and to learn at institutional level how collaborations can be effectively built. As the initiative progressed additional internal funding was offered in order to, first, broaden the initiatives to other faculties (including social sciences) and, second, to continue the programme beyond the initial 3 years. Funding Information: The project was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK. While number of the UK institutions were recipients of the funding, their goals and approaches differed significantly. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2015",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.respol.2014.07.018",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "96--107",
journal = "Research Policy",
issn = "0048-7333",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}