Professor Niki Vermeulen Inaugural Lecture A MANIFESTO FOR COLLABORATIONResearch is a collaborative activity that can take many shapes and forms, from interpersonal interactions to larger teamwork and from informality to institutionalisation, e.g. through research projects, universities and disciplinary associations. Since its emergence in the 1960s, the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has investigated the organisation of science, showing how research not only produces knowledge, but is also a social activity. The ways in which these activities mutually shape each other become especially clear when studying collaborations. In this inaugural lecture - which will take place in Edinburgh’s historic Anatomy Lecture Theatre – I will dissect the process of research collaboration, discussing key dimensions including time and space for collaboration, the importance of crossing boundaries and intergenerational collaboration, and the challenges of diverse and equitable collaboration. I will argue that we can learn from the study of collaboration to improve our research cultures and policies, and show how collaboration should be valued more in our academic work and its futures.Please note that this lecture might be filmed.Timings: 5.15-6.30pm: Lecture in the Anatomy lecture theatre (on the first floor), Doorway 3, the Medical School on Teviot Place.Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer until 7.30pm (access can be made through Doorway 4). Mar 05 2025 17.15 - 19.15 Professor Niki Vermeulen Inaugural Lecture Join us to celebrate Niki Vermeulen's professorship at her inaugural lecture. Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Doorway 3, Medical School Teviot Place, EH8 9AG University of Edinburgh Anatomy Lecture theatre, Doorway 3 Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Google Maps Book your ticket here...
Professor Niki Vermeulen Inaugural Lecture A MANIFESTO FOR COLLABORATIONResearch is a collaborative activity that can take many shapes and forms, from interpersonal interactions to larger teamwork and from informality to institutionalisation, e.g. through research projects, universities and disciplinary associations. Since its emergence in the 1960s, the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has investigated the organisation of science, showing how research not only produces knowledge, but is also a social activity. The ways in which these activities mutually shape each other become especially clear when studying collaborations. In this inaugural lecture - which will take place in Edinburgh’s historic Anatomy Lecture Theatre – I will dissect the process of research collaboration, discussing key dimensions including time and space for collaboration, the importance of crossing boundaries and intergenerational collaboration, and the challenges of diverse and equitable collaboration. I will argue that we can learn from the study of collaboration to improve our research cultures and policies, and show how collaboration should be valued more in our academic work and its futures.Please note that this lecture might be filmed.Timings: 5.15-6.30pm: Lecture in the Anatomy lecture theatre (on the first floor), Doorway 3, the Medical School on Teviot Place.Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer until 7.30pm (access can be made through Doorway 4). Mar 05 2025 17.15 - 19.15 Professor Niki Vermeulen Inaugural Lecture Join us to celebrate Niki Vermeulen's professorship at her inaugural lecture. Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Doorway 3, Medical School Teviot Place, EH8 9AG University of Edinburgh Anatomy Lecture theatre, Doorway 3 Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Google Maps Book your ticket here...
Mar 05 2025 17.15 - 19.15 Professor Niki Vermeulen Inaugural Lecture Join us to celebrate Niki Vermeulen's professorship at her inaugural lecture.
