Facilitating the Process of Globally Distributed Development-Focused Research Teams

Ishbel McWha, Stuart C. Carr and Malcolm MacLachlan

Chapter 4 in Humanitarian Work Psychology, 2012, pp 80-102 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract International research collaborations are increasingly common, and particularly perhaps within aid projects and programmes, where those from the so-called developed (higher-income) nations work alongside colleagues from the so-called developing (lower-income) nations. International research provides a multitude of challenges, many of which we will touch on throughout this chapter, not least the considerably diverse disciplinary, socio-political, -economic and -cultural backgrounds from which different team members originate. In this chapter we reflect upon some of the key lessons learnt during a recent successful international research collaboration, which comprised a diverse team of researchers spread across nine countries, themselves characterized by political, economic and cultural diversity.

Keywords: Team Member; Poverty Reduction; Purchasing Power Parity; Solomon Island; Project Site (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137015228_4

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