How to Manage International Multidisciplinary Research Projects

Edited by Linda Hantrais, Professor Emerita of European Social Policy, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, Loughborough University and Visiting Professor, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Contents:

Preface xiii

PART I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS
1 Exploring the complexities of international
multidisciplinary project management 2
Linda Hantrais
Introduction 2
Internationalisation of the research landscape 2
Pathways to multidisciplinarity 9
From theory to practice in international multidisciplinary
research: the case of social sciences 15
Managing scale and complexity during crises 18
2 Launching into an international multidisciplinary project 22
Linda Hantrais and Julia Brannen
Introduction 22
Preparing to manage research in international
multidisciplinary settings 24
Securing funding for international multidisciplinary projects 26
Project coordination and management 35
Building an international multidisciplinary research team 37
3 Managing the research process 42
Linda Hantrais and Julia Brannen
Introduction 42
Research orientations, designs and methods 43
Communication, engagement and dissemination 49
Lessons learnt 57

PART II CASE STUDIES
4 Antimicrobial resistance in the real world (AMR) 63
John Connolly, Fiona Henriquez and Andrew Hursthouse
5 Responsible AI for labour market equality (BIAS) 75
Alla Konnikov, Irina Rets, Karen D. Hughes, Jabir
Alshehabi Al-Ani, Nicole Denier, Lei Ding, Shenggang
Hu, Yang Hu, Bei Jiang, Linglong Kong, Monideepa
Tarafdar and Dengdeng Yu
6 The Bloomsbury SET: science, economics, technology (B−SET) 88
Aygen Kurt-Dickson
7 Climate, climatic change and society (CLICCS) 101
Antje Wiener
8 Exchanging prevention practices on polydrug use among
youth in criminal justice systems (EPPIC) 114
Betsy Thom and Karen Duke
9 Families and food in hard times (FFP) 126
Rebecca O’Connell and Julia Brannen
10 Low carbon energy for development network (LCEDN) 137
Ed Brown, Ben Campbell, Jon Cloke, Joni Cook, Simon
Batchelor and Long Seng To
11 Different pathways to employment (POLKU) 150
Minna van Gerven, Tuuli Malava, Merita Mesiäislehto
and Peppi Saikku
12 Promoting integrity in the use of research results (PRO-RES) 162
Emmanouil Detsis and Ron Iphofen
13 Transforming into open, innovative and collaborative
governments (TROPICO) 175
Tiina Randma-Liiv


References 188

Index 194