Collaboration and Technologies to Support Collaboration
Collaboration is an integral component of many research, work and educational settings where complex and dynamic goals, problems and tasks require expertise and other resources from different disciplines, organizations and countries. Yet collaboration can be challenging as individuals with different expectations, knowledge, language, resources, work practices, and personalities try to bridge their differences to effectively share information and achieve their goals.
We conduct research on collaboration in a variety of contexts. This includes: investigating how socio-organizational practices and technology impact collaboration; examining information behavior in collaborative situations; and, the design and evaluation of technology to facilitate collaboration. The overall goal of our research is to enable more effective collaboration.
Ongoing and Previous Research
Scientific Collaboration
nanoManipulator Collaboratory Design and Evaluation
Other Research on Scientific Collaboration
Collaboration in Medicine & Other Dynamic Work Contexts
Adoption & Use of Future Mobile Technology in Policing
Collaboration in Dynamic Group Work Contexts: Command & Control
Collaboration in Education
E-mentoring: Electronic Mentoring for Tomorrow Scientists
Other Research on Collaboration in Education
Collaborative Information Behaivour
Collaboration Research Group
Diane H. Sonnenwald, Co-ordinator
Kalpana Shankar
Debra Laefer
Andrea Johnson
Geg Welch (UNC)
Hannah Gleave (PhD student)
Monica Lassi (Sweden)
Hanna Maurin Söderholm (Sweden)
