As research and education becomes more interdisciplinary, how should resources be organised and allocated? Professor Paul Wellings Vice-Chancellor, Lancaster.

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As research and education becomes more interdisciplinary, how should resources be organised and allocated? Professor Paul Wellings Vice-Chancellor, Lancaster University HEPI : Research Excellence: competition or collaboration in today’s globalised HE sector? Thursday 2 December 2010

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH - An old idea rediscovered - Use of methods from many traditional disciplines - Often an attempt to address an important thematic problem

THE AGE OF MASS INNOVATION “..... Innovators are those people who know 99% that everybody knows and therefore we are able to create the 1% that nobody knows. If you don’t know the 99%, or cannot get access to it, you will not have the foundation to create the new 1%.....” Thomas Friedman (2008) Hot, Flat and Crowded

WHAT IS NEEDED? - Pooling and Connectivity - Rapid Access to Information - External Advice - Greater Programme Level Autonomy - Accessible Funding Streams

United Kingdom Japan (based on data from Elsevier)

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PATTERNS UNIVERSITY AUNIVERSITY B (based on data from Elsevier) Global 2007

Competencies to potentially investigate further Relatively high growth Lower relative market share University A’s Research Portfolio : Comparing Growth and Market Share

RUSSELL GROUP & 1994 GROUP COMPETENCIES – Evidence for negative allometry

IMPLICATIONS FROM INSTITUTIONAL DATA AND SCALING DATA - The national picture is the sum of a variable landscape of institutional contributions - Within institutions, priorities appear to be aligned with global positions - Between institutions, bigger doesn’t generate proportionately more competencies - Connectivity important - Lots of evidence for inter-institutional collaboration

WHAT TO DO – NATIONAL LEVEL - HEFCE Research Funding should continue to target excellence wherever it is found - DTCs should be encouraged to allocate a proportion of studentships to interdisciplinary work - Research Councils should monitor emergent interdisciplinary research streams and invest in some areas - Thematic research investments should reward inter-institutional collaboration and engagement with end users - Programme autonomy and governance should reflect the complexity of interdisciplinary research

WHAT TO DO – UNIVERSITY LEVEL - Time of ideas to grow to maturity - Openness in debate and criticism - Hospitality towards novelty - Respect for specialist expertise - Flexibility toward interdisciplinary opportunities

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS : Ration the number of locations offering really good coffee in order to increase connectivity and the sharing of ideas. Thank You