This chapter contains three sections describing the integration of (1) people and the development... more This chapter contains three sections describing the integration of (1) people and the development of a collaborative research focusing on the Tucson Region; (2) disciplinary fields and methodological approaches; and (3) research results and their relevance for planning and management. 1 THE BIRTH OF A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS Coming together: As may be expected at the beginning of any collaborative research effort, we spent considerable amounts of time during the first few months of the SWAN project (initiated in April 2012) learning about each partner's work. This period was characterized by long discussions about how to work across disciplinary divides, similarities and differences in methods and perspectives, and the seemingly unavoidable challenges of dealing with the diversity of academic jargon. During the spring of 2013, a group of SWAN-affiliated scientists based at the University of Arizona, began to meet once a week with the rotating group of " extended-stay'' international students to develop a cooperative approach oriented towards trans-disciplinary research. The initial discussions focused on establishing strong connections among the different disciplines represented, the development of a holistic vision of water-related research, and a search for common frames of analysis. The differences between disciplines and frameworks, especially between the basic notions of hydrological modeling and ecosystem services approaches, were carefully analyzed during several interactive working sessions. The seeds of integration: These discussions resulted in an initial proposal for project integration, that was realized in the form of a poster at the April 2013 Progress Meeting of the SWAN project held in Tucson, from which the foundation for our ongoing collaborative engagement became much more clear. With the value of weekly student/researcher meetings now extremely apparent to the group, the practice was unanimously institutionalized as a concrete means to advance scientific cooperation.
This is chapter 21 of the book, Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (edited by Poupeau et al. ... more This is chapter 21 of the book, Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (edited by Poupeau et al. 2016) in which the research consortia discuss the body of work, some aspects of the process and the values of such a collective project in international environmental studies
This chapter contains three sections describing the integration of (1) people and the development... more This chapter contains three sections describing the integration of (1) people and the development of a collaborative research focusing on the Tucson Region; (2) disciplinary fields and methodological approaches; and (3) research results and their relevance for planning and management. 1 THE BIRTH OF A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS Coming together: As may be expected at the beginning of any collaborative research effort, we spent considerable amounts of time during the first few months of the SWAN project (initiated in April 2012) learning about each partner's work. This period was characterized by long discussions about how to work across disciplinary divides, similarities and differences in methods and perspectives, and the seemingly unavoidable challenges of dealing with the diversity of academic jargon. During the spring of 2013, a group of SWAN-affiliated scientists based at the University of Arizona, began to meet once a week with the rotating group of " extended-stay'' international students to develop a cooperative approach oriented towards trans-disciplinary research. The initial discussions focused on establishing strong connections among the different disciplines represented, the development of a holistic vision of water-related research, and a search for common frames of analysis. The differences between disciplines and frameworks, especially between the basic notions of hydrological modeling and ecosystem services approaches, were carefully analyzed during several interactive working sessions. The seeds of integration: These discussions resulted in an initial proposal for project integration, that was realized in the form of a poster at the April 2013 Progress Meeting of the SWAN project held in Tucson, from which the foundation for our ongoing collaborative engagement became much more clear. With the value of weekly student/researcher meetings now extremely apparent to the group, the practice was unanimously institutionalized as a concrete means to advance scientific cooperation.
This is chapter 21 of the book, Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (edited by Poupeau et al. ... more This is chapter 21 of the book, Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (edited by Poupeau et al. 2016) in which the research consortia discuss the body of work, some aspects of the process and the values of such a collective project in international environmental studies
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