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Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada
Conseil de recherches ensciences humaines du Canada
Re-Making Research Administration in the Digital Age
Chad Gaffield PhD FRSC
INORMS Washington DC April 12, 2014
Technology: Change/History:Transfer of Knowledge
Technology-driven age?
Patented in 1867 by William Lincoln
So what’s going on?
1) Deep conceptual changes underway;
2) These conceptual changes are being enabled, accelerated and then influenced in iterative ways by digital technologies;
3) For these reasons, we are re-imagining higher education (in similar ways to new thinking elsewhere in society).
“ It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. It’s technology married with Liberal Arts, with the Humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing.”
Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Innovative businesses and organizations now seek to be
customer-focused in the marketplace
student-centered
in schools
user-oriented in service industries
partner-driven
in collaboration
employee-empowered
in workplaces
citizen-engaged
in politics
patient-focused
in health
customer-focused in the marketplace
user-oriented
in service industries
Partner-driven
in collaboration
employee-empowered
in workplaces
citizen-engaged
in politics
patient-focused
in healthstudent-centered
in schools
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The social sciences and humanities focus on people…
human thought and behaviour in the past and present…
with a view toward creating a better future.
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“Getting to understand people is the most critical business strategy today.”
Steve Irvine, Senior Business Leader, Facebook Canada
From tech-transfer commercialization to people-centered innovation
Re-imagining Campuses
• Education: From teaching content to learning content AND competencies = Talent
• Research: From increasing specialization to specialization AND contextualization = the Research T
• Innovation: From Technology Transfer to Integrated Innovation (People-Centred)
The emergence of Digital Scholarship
Students, professors, research partners and those in the larger society are now being connected formally and informally in efforts to learn about all aspects of the past and present, and to use such learning to help make a better future.
In this context, `research data` are now also `learning data` as well as `innovation data.`
“On a scale ranging from extremely interdisciplinary to exclusively disciplinary, how would you characterize your research?”
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
5.7
31.1
38.9
24.3
5.9
31.6
39.8
22.7
6.3
36.941.2
15.5
Social SciencesHumanitiesHistory
PERCENT %
Source: 2008 web survey, SSH faculty, Science-Metrix
“Agatha Christie likely suffered from Alzheimer’s”
“Research by U of T professors Ian Lancashire and Graeme Hirst has garnered top spot in the N.Y. Times’ 9th Annual Year in Ideas.”
• Defining feature of Big Data = evidence of human thought and behaviour!
• Web 1.0• Web 2.0 social• Web 3.0 user-generated content, internet of
people + things, semantic web, etc
@Walmart Labs The Social Genome
http://www.walmartlabs.com/social/social-genome/
New modes of engagement in re-imagining campuses
1. Across campus 2. Connecting campuses and communities 3. Connecting Canada and the world
SSHRC: HELPING BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR CANADA AND THE WORLD
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Supporting students and postdoctoral fellows to develop next generation researchers and leaders across society
Supporting excellent research to advance knowledge and build understanding about people, communities and societies
Supporting the exchange of knowledge to maximize the intellectual, cultural, social and economic impacts of social sciences and humanities research
TALENT INSIGHT CONNECTION
PARTNERSHIPS - Within the academic community and between academia, industry, government, not-for-profits and communities.
SSHRC NSERC MRC
Canada’s Granting Councils(later 20th century)
NSERC
CIHR
CFI
SSHRC
21st century approach
Conceptualizing and Documenting the Research Process
INPUTS-Institutional support-Time-Research Administration-Research Facilities-Space, IT, etc.-Partners, Provinces, Communities, etc.-SSHRC Grant
OUTPUTS-Conference Papers-Theses-Books-Reports-Blogging-etc
OUTCOMES- Talent- Enhanced Policies- Laws-Curriculum-etc
IMPACT-Changed Attitudes, Behaviour-Enhanced quality of life-More prosperous, just and resilient communities
Decreased Incidents of Bullying
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Research Grant for Bullying
Research Activities
Papers, Reports, Theses, Books, etc.
Knowledge Synthesis
Hockey Association Decision to Act
Video
Workshops for Coaches
Parent and Team Meetings
Follow-up Questions
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Research Grant for Bullying
Research Activities
Papers, Reports, Theses, Books, etc.
Knowledge Synthesis
Hockey Association Decision to Act
Video
Workshops for Coaches
Parent and Team Meetings
Decreased Incidents of Bullying
Follow-up Questions
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Is knowledge mobilization logical – yes, complex & logical
The increasingly recognized value of Open Access
• OA as democratic imperative• OA as teaching imperative• OA as research imperative• OA as financial imperative• OA as innovation imperative• OA as digital imperative
Policy-Regulatory Objectives for Digital Scholarship:
• Robust and sustainable ecosystem for:• Open access to scholarly communication (journals,
books, etc)• Open access to research data (in trusted
repositories, with meta-data, etc)• Open access to digital technologies (including
connectivity, computational processing, visualization, etc)
• Researcher awareness, competency development, etc.• Compliance and enforcement
Capitalizing on Big Data: Toward a Policy Framework for Advancing Digital Scholarship in Canada
``the potential of data-intensive research is quickly exceeding our ability to manage and to grow the digital ecosystem required to meet 21st century research needs, and thus contribute to Canada’s social and economic prosperity.
To help address this challenge, the Agencies in the consultation document are proposing a collective realignment of funding policies that will help promote excellence in data-management practices in agency-funded projects.``
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Large Hadron Collider
http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-humanities-for-beginners
"This is an extraordinary time for understanding of the human condition"
Pierre Lévy, philosopher, CRC in Collective Intelligence, uOttawa
Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada
Conseil de recherches ensciences humaines du Canada
Over to you! Thank You
Á vous la parole ! Merci
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