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SWITCH: facilitating the creation of connected Research Ecosystems. Kate Nolan Massey University. SWITCH enables researchers to visually explore research ecosystems , to map, match and build capabilities for addressing “ wicked issues ”. Food@Massey. 19 discipline areas
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SWITCH: facilitating the creation of connected Research Ecosystems Kate Nolan Massey University
SWITCH enables researchers to visually explore research ecosystems, to map, match and build capabilities for addressing “wicked issues”
Food@Massey • 19 discipline areas • A continuum of expertise from farm to plate including everything in between.
What does a mapped and connected research ecosystem offer us? • A birds eye view of research expertise across the university • Creation of opportunities for people to ‘connect’ and/or ‘map’ research capability • Mapping of research expertise alongside wicked issues and projects including the creation of connected working groups • Scope to build discipline complimentarity and cross disciplinary collaborative research teams • Efficient response to stakeholder, end-user and industry partner requests for research, development and enterprise support
SWITCH Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Enterprise Chris Bennewith http://creative.massey.ac.nzhttp://twitter.com/cocamassey C.Bennewith@massey.ac.nz
After connecting and mapping – what do we need to consider? • How do we facilitate and support enduring collaborations? • How do we support research conversations across ontologies? • How do we evolve our research cultures in order to benefit from the opportunities presented by connected research ecosystems?