What is it about?
This study analyses the perceived key interests, importance, influences and participation of different actors in harmonizing the processes and mechanisms of a distributed research infrastructure.
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Why is it important?
The respondents joined the distributed research infrastructure organisation under the premise that it would be a collaborative endeavour, but they were disappointed to learn the deliberative elements were more prevalent. In conclusion, the resulting autonomous structure caused disarray, while also fuelling interpersonal differences, ultimately leading to the closure of the infrastructure.
Perspectives
While prior literature suggests that research infrastructures counteracts fragmentation, these results illustrate that this is not necessarily the case for distributed research infrastructures.
Dr Anthony Larsson
Handelshogskolan i Stockholm
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This page is a summary of: Structuring a research infrastructure: A study of the rise and fall of a large-scale distributed biobank facility, Social Science Information, March 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0539018418761848.
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