Research collaboration

In October 2008, UKCDS and the Environment Research Funders Forum (ERFF) held a workshop for environmental research funders and scientists and those who support for the development sciences research base.

The aim was to discuss how funders organise research that is rigorous, more globally constructed, user-oriented, capacity enhancing and, ultimately, more influential.

Research councils, knowledge intermediaries, scientists, researchers, NGOs, government agencies and departments all participated in an open-ended discussion about the relationship between scientific excellence, user-driven research and collaboration in a search to find new ways of doing research.

Download the workshop report (PDF 648 KB).

Slides from the workshop:

Globally Constructed Development Research (PDF 98KB)
Lawrence Haddad, Institute of Development Studies

Innovation Networks (PDF 739KB)
Harry Scarbrough, Warwick Business School

Lessons from the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (PDF 345KB)
Philip Lowe, Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Changing Water Cycle - Partnerships (PDF 848KB)
Ned Garnett, National Environment Research Council (NERC)

Horizon Scanning and Scenario Building (PDF 54KB)
Alun Rhydderch, Foresight

Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) (PDF 678KB)
Andrew Watkinson, LWEC