Research strategy generation: Avoiding academic 'animal farm'

Thomas S. Methven; Stefano Padilla; David W. Corne; Mike J. Chantler

doi:10.1145/2556420.2556785

Research strategy generation: Avoiding academic 'animal farm'

Thomas S. Methven, Stefano Padilla, David W. Corne, Mike J. Chantler

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Abstract

In his famous novel, Animal Farm, Orwell coined the phrase 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others' [4]. This satirical observation aptly describes many common problems which emerge in group dynamics, such as the problem of mismatched contribution from over and under achievers [1]. Our motivation, therefore, is to develop a process which assists groups of academics and other stakeholders to collaboratively generate research strategy in an open, engaging, and democratic way. To this end, we will discuss a simple process involving two tools (both free for use by academics) which are designed to avoid, or at least alleviate, what we term as Academic Animal Farm.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	25-28
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450325417
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556420.2556785
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing - Baltimore, MD, United Kingdom Duration: 15 Feb 2014 → 19 Feb 2014

Conference

Conference	17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Abbreviated title	CSCW 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	15/02/14 → 19/02/14

Keywords

Animal farm
Automated document generation
Card sorting
Local collaboration
Meeting tools
Natural language processing
Remote collaboration
Research strategy
Topic modeling
Visualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Computer Networks and Communications
Human-Computer Interaction

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Michael John Chantler
- M.J.Chantlerhw.acuk
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences - Professor
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Computer Science - Professor
Person: Academic (Research & Teaching)

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Methven, TS , Padilla, S , Corne, DW & Chantler, MJ 2014, Research strategy generation: Avoiding academic 'animal farm'. in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 25-28, 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Baltimore, MD, United Kingdom, 15/02/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556420.2556785

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