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  1. What really matters for successful research environments? A realist synthesis

    Introduction. Research environments matter. Environmental considerations such as robust cultures of research quality and support for researchers are thought to be the most influential predictors of research productivity.1, 2 Over 25 years ago, Bland and Ruffin1 identified 12 characteristics of research‐favourable environments in the international academic medicine literature spanning the ...

  2. (PDF) Research Environment

    1. Research Environment. Lana Bara ć. Abstract. Successful research environment requires joint effort by indi vidual researchers, research groups and the organization. This chapter describes the ...

  3. Research Environment

    Successful research environment requires joint effort by individual researchers, research groups and the organization. This chapter describes the basic principles and good research practices in the context of the research environment and serves as a guide to good, responsible research for research newcomers - researchers at the beginning of their scientific career.

  4. THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT

    Universities and research sponsors face difficulty in rapidly adapting to a changing research environment. In response to the changing research environment, some members of the academic enterprise are testing innovative strategies for organizing, conducting, managing, and financing research.

  5. Research environment

    Wellcome's definition of the research environment goes beyond this to consider the culture and behaviours that create excellent research practice. For us, this includes research that is inclusive in design and practice, ethical and engaged with relevant community stakeholders. An open and transparent research process is a tool to enable these ...

  6. 3 Important Trends and Challenges in the Research Environment

    Synopsis: A number of the elements in the research environment that were identified in the early 1990s as perhaps problematic for ensuring research integrity and maintaining good scientific practices have generally continued along their long-term trend lines, including the size and scope of the research enterprise, the complexity of collaboration, the growth of regulatory requirements, and the ...

  7. What is a high-quality research environment? Evidence from the UK's

    Statements with a high proportion of words from Topic 28 tended to use REF terminology to describe their research environment. For example, they might characterise their internal structure in terms of UoAs or 'units' rather than departments, centres or institutes. For instance, the University of Worcester's English Language and Literature ...

  8. On creating a good research environment · Elephant in the Lab

    Sabine Müller. "Researchers say that their working culture is best when it is collaborative, inclusive, supportive and creative, when researchers are given time to focus on their research priorities, when leadership is transparent and open, and when individuals have a sense of safety and security. But too often research culture is not at its ...

  9. Research Environment

    For this reason, we will deal in a succinct way with this aspect of competition, in particular how it relates to making research results public and acquiring scientific information. A more extensive description can be found in Zalewska-Kurek et al. (2008). Competition in the research environment is a well-known feature and has been studied ...

  10. Writing the Research Environment, Research Respondents ...

    This video contains information about how to write the research environment and respondents of the study sections in a research proposal. Different probabili...

  11. (PDF) Understanding the Research Environment: Identifying Areas for

    The above exposition of research environment typically points to the fact that there are a set of core actors who would be involved in the research activity under given context and their roles gets adjusted under different situations for any type of research activities. ... For example, universities under the Triple Helix form of research are ...

  12. What Is a Research Design

    A research design is a strategy for answering your research question using empirical data. Creating a research design means making decisions about: Your overall research objectives and approach. Whether you'll rely on primary research or secondary research. Your sampling methods or criteria for selecting subjects. Your data collection methods.

  13. Research Topics

    Research at SERC focuses on the coastal zone. Nearly 70 percent of the world's people live in a coastal zone. Coasts are some of the most diverse, life-giving ecosystems on Earth, but they're also under intense pressure from climate change, invasive species, and other major environmental impacts. SERC scientists research coasts around the world and run studies that can last

  14. 100+ Environmental Science Research Topics

    Topics & Ideas: Environmental Chemistry. The impact of cobalt mining on water quality and the fate of contaminants in the environment. The role of atmospheric chemistry in shaping air quality and climate change. The impact of soil chemistry on nutrient availability and plant growth in wheat monoculture.

  15. How to Write a Research Proposal

    Research proposal examples. Writing a research proposal can be quite challenging, but a good starting point could be to look at some examples. We've included a few for you below. Example research proposal #1: "A Conceptual Framework for Scheduling Constraint Management" Example research proposal #2: "Medical Students as Mediators of ...

  16. 10 Research Question Examples to Guide your Research Project

    The first question asks for a ready-made solution, and is not focused or researchable. The second question is a clearer comparative question, but note that it may not be practically feasible. For a smaller research project or thesis, it could be narrowed down further to focus on the effectiveness of drunk driving laws in just one or two countries.

  17. Research environment

    Researchers should maintain research environments that respect accepted practices for the responsible conduct of research. Trainees learn by example as well as formal training. ... there is widespread agreement that RCR training should be integral to the research environment, with heavy emphasis given to the role the mentor plays in providing ...

  18. Contemporary Research Environment

    One example of the recent and profound changes characterizing the contemporary research environment is the changing nature of its basic organizational unit. Twenty years ago, a hypothetical laboratory group consisted of less than a half-dozen members.

  19. Physical Environment

    The physical environment refers to the natural features and processes that make up the Earth's surface, including landforms, water bodies, climate, and ecosystems. It encompasses the interactions between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Understanding the physical environment is essential for studying geographical ...

  20. 'Water is a unique resource: a drop can save a life, in ...

    In March 2015, the journal Environmental Earth Sciences published a special issue (volume 73, issue 6; currently, with over 17,860 online accesses and 515 citations) on the topic ''sustainability and water resources'' honouring EurGeol José Martins Carvalho's long career over five decades. He recently left us after a severe healthiness battle, fighting like a knight from 2022 to ...

  21. Obscured Complexity: How External Cycles Simplify the ...

    Background: Understanding circadian rhythms is crucial in various fields of biological research, as they play a fundamental role in the regulation of diverse biological processes, ranging from gene expression to physiological functions. Objective: This study aims to explore the complexity of circadian rhythm signals from a biological system. Without the permission of using experimental data ...

  22. Understanding Eating Habits With Psychology

    Do plan meals and snacks ahead of time. Do keep track of your eating habits. Do limit night eating. Do drink plenty of water. Staying hydrated helps your body operate at its best. Do delay ...

  23. Does digitalisation enable small and medium ...

    This line of research warrants further attention to understand whether to increase digitalisation and/or environmental actions when initiating/developing innovation projects. Therefore, this study builds on previous work (Schmidt et al., 2024 ) and extends it to include efficiency in the Spanish SMEs context, an area that remains under-researched.

  24. Advancing Parkinson's Disease Research in Canada: The Canadian Open

    Background: Enhancing the interactions between study participants, clinicians, and investigators is imperative for advancing Parkinsons disease (PD) research. The Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN) stands as a nationwide endeavor, connecting the PD community with ten accredited universities and movement disorders research centers spanning, at the time of this analysis, British Columbia ...

  25. Frontiers

    Food safety is the basis for ensuring human survival and development. The threat of heavy metal ions to food safety has become a social concern with the rapid growth of the economy and the accompanying environmental pollution. Some heavy metal ions are highly toxic even at trace levels and pose significant health risks to humans. Therefore, ultrasensitive detection of heavy metal ions in food ...

  26. Corporate real estate strategy in the COVID-19 era.

    These capabilities cannot be isolated in a research or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) function but should directly inform investment management, lease pricing, capital attraction and investor relations, asset management, tenant attraction, development, and other core businesses. ... For example, property developers have been ...

  27. What really matters for successful research environments? A realist

    Introduction. Research environments matter. Environmental considerations such as robust cultures of research quality and support for researchers are thought to be the most influential predictors of research productivity. 1, 2 Over 25 years ago, Bland and Ruffin 1 identified 12 characteristics of research-favourable environments in the international academic medicine literature spanning the ...