Resumen de Enhancing research collaboration within a large university department
As academic research evolves into distinct identities of specialisedknowledge, institutional and paradigmatic barriers are formedbetween research teams, which demand enhanced research colla-boration and cross-fertilisation of ideas. Drawing on the concept ofcross-fertilisation, this paper adds original contributions to litera-ture on research collaboration in three ways. First, it underlines keybarriers facing academics in undertaking research. Second, itdemonstrates why research collaboration helps to drive researchoutput and enrich research cultures. Third, it offers valuable insightsinto technological and social initiatives supporting research colla-boration. This paper reports on a study within the University ofPortsmouth’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice – the UK’slargest criminology department. It reveals universities must addressfour key issues to enhance research collaboration. These involvemanaging researchers’ workload pressures, fostering positiveresearch cultures, improving knowledge of and access to researchand funding processes, and exploring collaborative technologies.
