Building team research targets and capacity in innovation hubs

Authors

  • Linus Tan Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5705-0493
  • David Mesa Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-1821
  • Christine Thong Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9121-6725
  • Pauliina Mattila Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-9622
  • Anita Kocsis Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Aaron Down Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Stefan Lodewyckx Design Factory Melbourne, Innovation & Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2022.1396

Keywords:

Research capacity, Research strategy, Team research

Abstract

This study describes how a multidisciplinary team at an Australian university’s innovation hub developed their research targets and capacity. The process through which research teams establish their research targets and strategies for achieving them is often tacit, which makes process sharing challenging. Referencing Situated Learning Theory (Brown et al., 1989) and using the Design and Development Research (DDR) framework (Richey and Klein, 2007) we document the process of how researchers negotiate to develop team research targets in this study. Our workshop data suggests that if researchers want to leverage the research abilities of others in their team, their targets must remain flexible. Additionally, a range of individual and organisation hinderers, barriers and enablers of conducting research were identified, that can inform practical actions to realise research strategy targets for innovation hubs.

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2022-12-21

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Tan, L., Mesa, D., Thong, C., Mattila, P., Kocsis, A., Down, A., & Lodewyckx, S. (2022). Building team research targets and capacity in innovation hubs. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 6(2), 4–11. https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2022.1396

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Special Issue "Future Innovators: building capabilities to collaborate and innovate in higher education settings"

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