Attitudes to interdisciplinary collaboration

Lucy Keniger and Alison Specht Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

The projectLast year we distributed a questionnaire at ESA and through the web.

What did we want to know?

The projectLast year we distributed a questionnaire at ESA and through the web.

What did we want to know?

• Who is the ecosystem science and management community?

The projectLast year we distributed a questionnaire at ESA and through the web.

What did we want to know?

• Who is the ecosystem science and management community?

• What are the current attitudes to interdisciplinary collaboration and data sharing?

The projectLast year we distributed a questionnaire at ESA and through the web.

What did we want to know?

• Who is the ecosystem science and management community?

• What are the current attitudes to interdisciplinary collaboration and data sharing?

• What are the perceived incentives and barriers to collaboration.

The projectLast year we distributed a questionnaire at ESA and through the web.

What did we want to know?• Who is the ecosystem science and management

community?

• What are the current attitudes to interdisciplinary collaboration and data sharing?

• What are the perceived incentives and barriers to collaboration.

• How does ESA membership affect the responses?

This Presentation

• Demographics

• General attitudes

• Incentives and barriers

• Data sharing

This Presentation

• Demographics

• General attitudes

• Incentives and barriers

• Data sharing

Respondent Demographics• 751 people responded, of which 48% were members of ESA

• 42% overall were female; 46% of ESA member respondents were female

Respondent Demographics• 751 people responded, of which 48% were members of ESA

• 42% overall were female; 46% of ESA member respondents were female

Respondent Demographics• 751 people responded, of which 48% were members of ESA

• 42% overall were female; 46% of ESA member respondents were female

Respondent Demographics

Respondent Demographics

Primary discipline

Primary discipline

This Presentation

• Demographics

• General attitudes

• Incentives and barriers

• Data sharing

Attitudes – to interdisciplinary collaboration

93% said it is important for ecosystem science or management and for their work

86% said it is stimulating and enjoyable

70% said it is more challenging than with people of their own discipline

Collaborative approaches

46% focus on a single set of questions or issues

54% would prefer to collaborate with people from their own discipline

66% prefer to collaborate with people with whom they have previously worked

52% prefer to collaborate with people who are located close to them

This Presentation

• Demographics

• General attitudes

• Incentives and barriers

• Data sharing

Incentives for interdisciplinary collaboration

Incentives for interdisciplinary collaboration

Incentives for interdisciplinary collaboration

Incentives for interdisciplinary collaboration

Incentives for interdisciplinary collaboration

Barriers against collaboration

Barriers against collaboration

Barriers against collaboration

Barriers against collaboration

Barriers against collaboration

Institutional barriers

Institutional barriers

This Presentation

• Demographics

• General attitudes

• Incentives and barriers

• Data sharing

Data sharing

How much do we collaborate?(number of people in last 3 years)

How much do we collaborate?(number of people in last 3 years)

How much do we collaborate?(number of people in last 3 years)