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Facilitating the Process of Globally Distributed Development-Focused Research Teams

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Humanitarian Work Psychology

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International research collaborations are increasingly common, and particularly perhaps within aid projects and programmes, where those from the so-called developed (higher-income) nations work alongside colleagues from the so-called developing (lower-income) nations. International research provides a multitude of challenges, many of which we will touch on throughout this chapter, not least the considerably diverse disciplinary, socio-political, -economic and -cultural backgrounds from which different team members originate. In this chapter we reflect upon some of the key lessons learnt during a recent successful international research collaboration, which comprised a diverse team of researchers spread across nine countries, themselves characterized by political, economic and cultural diversity.

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  1. Ishbel McWha
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  1. Massey University, New Zealand

    Stuart C. Carr

  2. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    Malcolm MacLachlan

  3. University College London, UK

    Adrian Furnham

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McWha, I., Carr, S.C., MacLachlan, M. (2012). Facilitating the Process of Globally Distributed Development-Focused Research Teams. In: Carr, S.C., MacLachlan, M., Furnham, A. (eds) Humanitarian Work Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137015228_4

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