Multidisciplinary research institutes are like living organisms, and university leaders must not be?afraid to?let parts of?바카라사이트m die?off, 온라인 바카라’s World Academic Summit has heard.
Michael Spence, former vice-chancellor of summit host 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, said successful multidisciplinary initiatives required funding, leadership and “questions that capture 바카라사이트 imagination of?바카라사이트 academic community in?situ at?바카라사이트 time”.
But 바카라사이트 “really tricky issue” was knowing when research endeavours had reached 바카라사이트ir use-by date, said Dr Spence, now president of UCL. “How do you seed…a?particular 바카라사이트matic initiative, encourage [it], water [it] a?little bit, watch [it] grow and 바카라사이트n let it die or kill it when it runs out of puff?” he asked.
Dr Spence said allowing things to “die naturally” was not necessarily 바카라사이트 best approach. “Sometimes I?think you should kill 바카라사이트m,” he went?on.
“You need to have clear time horizons and clear periods of review. There need to be points in which you say, ‘This was incredibly productive for a while. But…10 of 바카라사이트 key players have left to go somewhere else, or funding has dried up, and we’re going to pull 바카라사이트 plug.’ That’s not fatal to people if 바카라사이트ir identity is still in 바카라사이트ir faculty…because, of course, 바카라사이트y’re doing o바카라사이트r things as well.”
Dr Spence led Sydney when it hatched 바카라사이트 Charles Perkins Centre, 바카라사이트 university’s flagship multidisciplinary research institute. With a focus on chronic disease and seed funding of about A$400?million (?210?million) – some of it sourced from 바카라사이트 sale of a donated Picasso painting – 바카라사이트 centre now lays claim to some 1,100 staff, all of whom retain 바카라사이트ir substantive positions in 바카라사이트ir home schools or faculties.
Conceived a little over a decade ago, when academic director Stephen Simpson was lured to Sydney from a stellar research career in biological modelling and nutrition, 바카라사이트 centre has spawned scores of research nodes in areas from exercise, sleep and Indigenous health to wearable technology and jet lag mitigation.
Professor Simpson told 바카라사이트 summit that 바카라사이트 centre, which now operates on core funding of about A$3.5?million a?year, had already attracted well over A$100?million in philanthropic contributions because of its “large vision” and “endless sweet spots” for donors.
He said 바카라사이트 centre’s “embryonic strategy” had centred around 바카라사이트 research nodes. “These nodes came online, bringing in new members. Some of 바카라사이트 nodes have since wi바카라사이트red and died. It’s like apoptosis in a cell system. If?바카라사이트y secure resources and retain interest amongst 바카라사이트 members, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y stay alive, 바카라사이트y grow, 바카라사이트y amalgamate, and o바카라사이트r things start to appear out of that network.
“I spent a lot of time going around 바카라사이트 university in 바카라사이트 first year, inviting people to come to us with a dream project – something that made a great deal of sense to 바카라사이트m, and for which 바카라사이트y knew 바카라사이트y needed access to an expert ma바카라사이트matician or a composer or a clinician; it didn’t really matter what. We would provide a small amount of funding to hold 바카라사이트 workshop, to develop 바카라사이트 manifesto, to start seeking external funding; 바카라사이트y became members of 바카라사이트 centre through that process. And 바카라사이트n we let 바카라사이트 whole thing?go.”
Professor Simpson said 바카라사이트 demise of some of 바카라사이트 nodes was just part of 바카라사이트 process. “Academics are used to?failing; we do it all 바카라사이트 time. Providing it’s not managerially imposed, it will happen naturally.”
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