Resources

Explore a range of useful resources including articles, blog posts, books and publications.

Reading Group
Join our Team Research Reading Group to learn and discuss Team Research/Science with those who have an interest in this area or are keen to learn more.

We hold a monthly meeting online. The last Tuesday of each month at 10am.

Sign up to the Reading Group Listserv here (to the right side of the page, click on subscribe and follow directions) to receive diary invites and details of each month’s reading

Forthcoming reading material

Month

Reading link

October 2024 “I Don’t Want to Cause Trouble”: Acceptance of Bullying in Academia – Research Hive (research-hive.com)
November 2024 Establishing, discussing, and sustaining accountability in your team: Seven strategies – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org)
December 2024 Article: The Ideal Praise-to-Criticism Ratio by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman for the Harvard Business Review.

January 2025

Reading Jan 25 A completely different game E Hayes.rtf

Pages 92 -96 of A Completely Different Game. My leadership playbook by Emma Hayes with Micheal Calvin ISBN-13: 9780349443256

 

 

Previous reading material:

September 2024

Book: Connected (pp 30-32)

Connected: The Amazing Power of Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives: Amazon.co.uk: Christakis, Nicholas, Fowler, James: 9780007303601: Books

YouTube video presentation by the author

August 2024

How to develop a collaborative mindset in your team

July 2024

Team development is an essential team science competency – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org)

June 2024

Ten simple rules to ruin a collaborative environment | PLOS Computational Biology

May 2024

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Work Groups and Teams: A Reflection – Steve W. J. Kozlowski, 2018 (sagepub.com)

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Blogs
Radio, TV and podcasts
Books
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Who to follow

Professor Helen Bevan. Professor of Practice in Health and Care, University of Warwick. UK, and founder of the ground-breaking NHS Horizons collective.

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Emma Clayton. A well known communication, leadership, and team consultancy expert.

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External Websites

The N8 Research Partnership 

The N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the eight most research intensive Universities in the North of England; Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, and York. 

Working with universities, industry and society, N8 aims to maximise the impact of this research base by:

  • promoting collaboration
  • establishing innovative research capabilities & programmes of national and international prominence
  • driving economic growth

International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS)

INSciTS is the member-based, 501(c)3 non-profit organization of team science and the Science of Team Science (SciTS) field.

INSciTS aims to create and facilitate a high-impact community that develops and disseminates an evidence-base to support team science and shapes how research is conducted to solve complex problems.

INSciTS hosts a annual conference which we highly recommend attending. You are also invited to get involved by applying to be on the Program Committee and to submit papers. 

To find out about becoming a member and for more information click here

 

 

 

Publications – Divergent Science

Introduction

Science facilitation: navigating the intersection of intellectual and interpersonal expertise in scientific collaboration. Cravens, A. E., Jones, M. S., Ngai, C., Zarestky, J., & Love, H. B. (2022). Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (nature.com).

Team agreements
Creating effective teams
Navigating team conflict

 

Glossary

Unfamiliar with any of the terms used? Our glossary page might help.