Dementia Researchers’ Inside Views on Research Networks and Alignment With Public Research Funding: A Qualitative Study

Peter Fusdahl, Ingelin Testad, Dag Aarsland and Geir Sverre Braut

SAGE Open, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 21582440231205980

Abstract: This study presents the dementia researchers views of research networks, and how the networks fit into their pursuit of research objectives and dementia research funding. We conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with 10 leading dementia researchers in Norway, for a qualitative study inspired by grounded theory. The dementia researchers consider the six categories to determine the legitimacy of the proposed network and its proposing person. The six categories are: personal motivation, relationship and friendship, communication, research funding, research management, and network characteristics. The dementia researcher offers insights into best practice of research networks. The study suggests that leading dementia researchers collaborate effectively on research activities toward personal research interests and objectives, but these are not actively aligned coordinated with the interests of the public research funding institutions. Lack of coordination between the funded dementia researchers and the funding institutions limits the potential performance from the dementia research.

Keywords: research networks; research funding; research objectives; Fair Process; dementia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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