Multidisciplinary research needs to be examined not only for outcomes and significance of results but also for the interaction among researchers and the features of research culture that evolve through the different study phases. Examining those interactions using qualitative and quantitative data analysis helps to describe features of research culture that emerge through a research project. This chapter examines the emerging characteristics of research culture among a group of 21 researchers who were selected by the Faculty of Women for Arts, Sciences, and Education in Ain Shams University to form a team to study the Coronavirus. Data was collected from a WhatsApp group that was created to host all communication among the participants and with the supervising committee, which consisted of four professors representing the Arts, Sciences, and Education fields. This study used a guiding list of themes of research culture and traced them in participants’ group chat content. The predetermined list included the general themes of research culture that relate to the participants and the team. The chat room and meetings encouraged project team members to express their thoughts, concerns, and inquiries freely at flexible times and get answers from the team. The study compared the growth in themes of research culture in four quarters of a year; the growth in most of the themes was relatively equal. The findings underscore the need for institutions to prioritize the need for well-planned research agendas that consider research culture vital for research project success and to accommodate researchers’ needs, develop their skills, and maintain a positive environment for scientific collaboration and production. The growth/lack of certain characteristics of research culture may guide institutions’ decisions when planning for professional development training programs for researchers to overcome difficulties such as international publishing or financial procedures. Future research is needed to further explore research culture themes in other settings such as interinstitutional research projects. It is also recommended that future research may use the current list of research culture themes to develop customized training programs for researchers and faculty members and explore their effects on research objectives and outcomes.

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An Evolving Research Culture: Insights into a Current Multidisciplinary Study on Covid-19

  • Hanan Elshair,
  • Nadia Kandil,
  • Magda Hasabelnaby,
  • Soad A. Abdallah

摘要

Multidisciplinary research needs to be examined not only for outcomes and significance of results but also for the interaction among researchers and the features of research culture that evolve through the different study phases. Examining those interactions using qualitative and quantitative data analysis helps to describe features of research culture that emerge through a research project. This chapter examines the emerging characteristics of research culture among a group of 21 researchers who were selected by the Faculty of Women for Arts, Sciences, and Education in Ain Shams University to form a team to study the Coronavirus. Data was collected from a WhatsApp group that was created to host all communication among the participants and with the supervising committee, which consisted of four professors representing the Arts, Sciences, and Education fields. This study used a guiding list of themes of research culture and traced them in participants’ group chat content. The predetermined list included the general themes of research culture that relate to the participants and the team. The chat room and meetings encouraged project team members to express their thoughts, concerns, and inquiries freely at flexible times and get answers from the team. The study compared the growth in themes of research culture in four quarters of a year; the growth in most of the themes was relatively equal. The findings underscore the need for institutions to prioritize the need for well-planned research agendas that consider research culture vital for research project success and to accommodate researchers’ needs, develop their skills, and maintain a positive environment for scientific collaboration and production. The growth/lack of certain characteristics of research culture may guide institutions’ decisions when planning for professional development training programs for researchers to overcome difficulties such as international publishing or financial procedures. Future research is needed to further explore research culture themes in other settings such as interinstitutional research projects. It is also recommended that future research may use the current list of research culture themes to develop customized training programs for researchers and faculty members and explore their effects on research objectives and outcomes.