Expanding research collaborations

I was thinking recently about how I want to expand the impact of my research, and I identified that my focus lies on (and yes, I got this list from the MSCA Staff Exchanges call):

• international expansion
• interdisciplinary expansion
• inter-sectoral expansion

To increase my collaborations internationally, I am:

• applying to new sources of funding, which typically involves new types of consortium compositions and partners,
• traveling more,
• identifying case studies and applications more broadly.

To increase the interdisciplinary of my collaborations, I am:

• reaching out to colleagues from different fields in my university, to tackle problems together,
• participating in interdisciplinary projects,
• reading more broadly.

To get more inter-sectoral collaborations, I focus on:

• developing new connections with the industry,
• reaching out to other asset owners,
• listening more broadly to society’s needs.