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From “Up-and-Coming” to “Arrived”
Research Challenges and Opportunities for the University of Lethbridge
in Fulfilling its Vision as a Comprehensive University
Daniel Paul O'DonnellUniversity of Lethbridge
November 10, 2015
The challenge and the opportunity
VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Volatility
Re$earch Infosource2015
Volatility
Re$earch Infosource2014
Volatility
Re$earch Infosource2013
Volatility
Re$earch Infosource2012
Volatility
Re$earch Infosource2011
Why do we care?
Why Tricouncil $ and Rank Matters
VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Overall Tri-Council Rank and $
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Slow and Steady (almost) Wins the Day
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Slow and Steady (almost) Wins the Day
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Picture of Dorian St. Mary's
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Regina: A Model?
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Lakehead: Places to Go
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
A Ceiling?
Modified from VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
Volatility at work
VPR Report to Deans' Council, Nov. 2014
From “Up and Coming” to “Arrived”
● “Targeted intensity”● “Historical
commitment to concentration and selectivity”
● “Up-and-coming”● “Most promising”● “Most underrated”● “Punches above
weight”
From “Up and Coming” to “Arrived”
● “Targeted intensity”● “Historical
commitment to concentration and selectivity”
● “Up-and-coming”● “Most promising”● “Most underrated”● “Punches above
weight”
“Our research goal is to fulfill our comprehensive mandate such that our recognition and research performance
clearly place us amongst Canada'smost influential universities”
From “Up and Coming” to “Arrived”
● “Targeted intensity”● “Historical
commitment to concentration and selectivity”
● “Remarkable”● “Punches at weight”● “Destination
University”
“Our research goal is to fulfill our comprehensive mandate such that our recognition and research performance
clearly place us amongst Canada'smost influential universities”
From “Up and Coming” to “Arrived”
● Consistent● Broad● Intentional
● “Remarkable”● “Punches at weight”● “Destination
University”
“Our research goal is to fulfill our comprehensive mandate such that our recognition and research performance
clearly place us amongst Canada'smost influential universities”
Things to do
● Research Advisory Committee (Regina, Brock)– Associate VPs, Deans, Directors, Chairs
– Look for inefficiencies, synergies, cultivate networks
– Improve hiring? Advocate for opportunities?
– Maximize existing resources, expertise, time
Things to do
● Solve the HSS funding problem (!)– Hire more people? (Brock, Trent, St. Mary's
Lakehead)
– Change the way we support the Humanities—e.g. Humanities Research Institute (Regina, Brock... U of C, U of A,... UCSD, Brown, etc.)
Why me?
● Been interested in these issues for a long time– Transformations
– CREDO
– Resource for Humanities Research Stats
● Good and broad funding experience– SSHRC, CFI, Mellon, Helmsley, Moore, Sloan, Contract, spinoffs, etc.
– Work a lot across boundaries: MSc/MA, Library/A&S, PLoS and OLH
– “Fluent “Humanist,” L2 “scientist” and “librarian”
● Research focusses on issues– Incubator, Centre for Scholarly Comm., Digital Humanities
Why me?
● Lots of experience in developing community-based solutions to research infrastructure problems– Funded several times to build research-focussed communities of
practice: ● PI with SSHRC and Mellon● Co-applicant with Helmsley, Sloan, and Moore
– Built several very prominent and active communities:● Digital medievalist (digitalmedievalist.org)● Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (globaloutlookdh.org)● Force11 (Force11.org)● Centre for the Study of Scholarly Communication● Text Encoding Initiative (TEI-C.org)
