Assessing the Success of an International, Interdisciplinary Energy-related Research Project

HALVORSEN, K.; KNOWLTON, J. ; MAYER, A. S. ; PHIFER, C. C. ; MARTINS, T. ; PISCHKE, E. C. ; PROPATO, T. S.; CAVIGLIASO, P.; GARCIA, C.; CHIAPPE, M.; EASTMOND, A.; LICATA, J.; KUHLBERG, M.; MEDEIROS, R.; PICASSO, V.; MENDEZ, G.; PRIMO, P.; FRADO, A.; VERÓN S. R.; DUNN , J. L.

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Springer

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2016 vol. 6 p. 313 - 323

2190-6483

Bringing together and successfully managing a highly interdisciplinary (ID) research team of socioeconomic, biophysical, and engineering scientists is highly challenging, particularly when that team includes 20 scientists and students across six countries. This paper reports on the results of evaluating the success of such a team as it studies the socioecological impacts of bioenergy development across the Americas. We find that the team has succeeded according to several different metrics. These findings demonstrate that the small group literature on IDscientific research teams creation, development, and management holds valuable lessons for their success.