Managing North-South Research Collaboration Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 0.4 Q4 MANAGEMENT

International Journal of Information Technology Project Management Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.4018/ijitpm.312255

Sulayman K. Sowe, Mirco Schoenfeld, C. Samimi, Petra Steiner, Anke Schürer-Ries

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Abstract

Researchers from the Global North and South have collaborated for decades to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. The tools they used to manage their research projects remained virtually unchanged until the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak early in 2020. Since then, a lot has changed, including the nature and dynamics of research collaboration. How are researchers and project managers adapting to this change? Survey data, semi-structured interviews, and personal accounts from 102 respondents from 33 countries are used in this empirical study to investigate the impact of the pandemic on research collaboration projects. An independent non-parametric t-test revealed a significant difference in the research collaboration infrastructure and home environment between Global North and global South collaborators. The findings have practical implications for people involved in collaborative research projects, funding agencies, project management professionals, and universities interested in pursuing or sustaining North-South research collaboration during the pandemic.

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在COVID-19大流行期间管理南北研究合作项目

来自全球北方和南方的研究人员已经合作了几十年，进行了前沿的跨学科研究。直到2020年初COVID-19大流行爆发之前，他们用于管理研究项目的工具几乎没有变化。从那时起，很多事情都发生了变化，包括研究合作的性质和动态。研究人员和项目经理如何适应这种变化?本实证研究使用了来自33个国家的102名受访者的调查数据、半结构化访谈和个人陈述，以调查大流行对研究合作项目的影响。独立非参数t检验显示，全球北方和全球南方的研究合作基础设施和家庭环境存在显著差异。研究结果对参与合作研究项目的人员、资助机构、项目管理专业人员以及有意在大流行期间开展或维持南北研究合作的大学具有实际意义。

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International Journal of Information Technology Project Management MANAGEMENT-

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1.70

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25.00%

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期刊介绍： The mission of International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM) is to provide a forum for practitioners and researchers from both public and private sectors of project management professionals, along with information systems researchers, software developers and vendors, to contribute and to circulate ground-breaking work, and to shape future directions for research, as well as to help project leaders and managers apply various advanced techniques in information systems. It encourages discussions on how the various information systems can improve project management as well as how advances in project management can affect the growth of information systems.