Resources
Explore a range of useful resources including articles, blog posts, books and publications. Also find recordings and outputs from past Team Research events.
Join our Team Research Reading Group to learn and discuss Team Research/Science with those who have an interest in this area or are keen to learn more.
We hold a monthly meeting online on the last Tuesday of each month at 10am.
Sign up to the Reading Group Listserv (to the right side of the page, click on subscribe and follow directions) to receive diary invites and details of each month’s reading.
Have a look at our reading list.
- Integration and Implementation Insights – A community blog and repository of resources for improving research impact on complex real-world problems.
- N8 Research Culture TeamsBuildDreams - The University of Manchester's Team Research Programme - Blog post by N8 Research Partnership (April 2024)
- Improving cross-disciplinary collaboration with strategy knotworking and ecocycle planning –Blog post by Nancy White published on the ‘Integration and Implementation Insights’ website (November 2022).
- Team Research Workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico hosted by Divergent Science LLXC –Blog post published on the ‘Christabel Pankhurst Institute’ website (April 2023).
- Deploy team science principles to mend “silos” in academic medicine – Blog post by Darshana Shah, PhD published on ‘The Harvard Macy Institute’ website (October 2018)
Microcatalyst programme
The University of Manchester Team Research Programme (TeamsBuildDreams) invites applications to their micro-catalyst call each year.
The aim of this call is to help staff planning future funding applications, and/or partnerships with external stakeholders (policymakers, community groups, charities, businesses) to build connections / networks across disciplines, faculties and boundaries and develop the skills needed to effectively work within interdisciplinary teams.
2024-2025
The 2024-2025 funding round was run as a joint call with the Healthier Futures platform
24 applications received - 14 funded: 6 funded by Team Research and 8 funded by Healthier Futures.
| PI | School | Title | Theme |
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Sarah Tully |
Biology, Medicine, and Health/SHS |
The Community Liaison Group as Collaborators on Trainee Clinical Psychologists Large Scale Research Projects
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Team Research |
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Elaine Dewhurst |
Humanities/Law & Social Science |
Sharing Voices: Developing new relationships to tackle common challenges
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Team Research |
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Thomas Elliott |
Science & Engineering/Physics & Astronomy |
Centre for Quantum Science and Engineering: An interdisciplinary UoM Hub for Quantum Research
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Team Research |
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Nils Mulhert |
Biology, Medicine and Health/ Neuroscience, Psychology, communication
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Building Cross Institutional Human Computational Neuroscience
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Team Research |
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Jaheeda Gangannagaripalli |
Biology, Medicine and Health/Nursing, Midwifery & Social work |
Medication management for people living with dementia: PPIE activities to inform a patient-centered decision support tool
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Team Research |
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Helen Whiston |
Biology, Medicine and Health/SHS |
Manc-Lancs Lab Swap
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Team Research |
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Lorna McWilliams |
Biology, Medicine and Health/ Psychology & mental health, health sciences
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Connect, Create and Unite: bringing together disciplines for lung health equity
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Healthier Futures |
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Katie Baker |
Biology, Medicine and Health/Cardiovascular science |
Developing a Framework to Address Health Inequality by Improving Inclusive Approaches in Commercial Clinical Trials
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Healthier Futures |
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Stefanie Lyons |
Biology, Medicine and Health/SHS |
Engaging with the local community: the development of a maternity and postnatal health research collaboration in Manchester
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Healthier Futures |
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Leanne Kearsley-Fleet |
SBS/DMDS |
Identifying the best collaborators to address the impact of childhood arthritis on educational outcomes
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Healthier Futures |
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Lukas Noehrer |
Science & Engineering/Computer Science |
Wearable health monitors for improved public health. How do we build Manchester wearable data donor programme
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Healthier Futures |
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Joyce Huang |
Biology, Medicine and Health/SHS |
Building a collaborative network for integrated care and support for people with chronic pain in the community
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Healthier Futures |
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Lee Mulligan |
Biology, Medicine and Health/ Psychology & mental health
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Understanding physical health inequalities in young people (aged <30) with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI): a PPIE ˜community listening™ exercise with experts by experience |
Healthier Futures |
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Lucy O’Malley |
SMS |
Developing a network of partners to improve methods for oral health inequalities research
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Healthier Futures |
Past Funded Projects
2023-2024
18 applications received - 6 projects funded.
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PI |
Faculty/School |
Title |
Primary Theme |
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Georgia Vesma |
Humanities |
Playing Well Together – Boardgames for Interdisciplinarity
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Team Research |
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Danna Gifford |
Biology, Medicine & Health/NHS |
AMR Network: Integrating Clinical, Experimental, and Social Sciences
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Team Research |
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Prof. Petra Hamerlik
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Biology, Medicine & Health/SMS |
Early Detection of Brain Tumours Symposium
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Team Research |
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Dr Elaine Dewhurst, Prof Tine Buffel, Philippa Winship
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Humanities/SoSS |
Building an Innovative Response Team for North Manchester
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Team Research |
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Dr Sarah Fox
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Biology, Medicine & Health/SHS |
Launch Event: Dementia Research Action Group – Our Network (DRAGON)
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Team Research |
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Prof Jo Dumville
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Biology, Medicine& Health/SHS, SBS |
Expanding a Team Science approach in Complex Wounds@ Manchester
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Team Research |
- The Language Exchange – Radio 4 series where ‘poets and scientists meet to share language and ideas and create new work’.
- Team Science with Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell and Ruth Norris – Podcast episode (2023) from ‘The Pankhurst Presents: Health Tech Matters’ series (Spotify, episode also available on Youtube).
- The Bottom Line: Un-Bossing. Can we work without Managers - Podcast on Radio 4 (23rd January 2025)
- The Bottom Line: A 4 day week. Less work for more people? - Podcast on Radio 4 (21st January 2025)
Research Collaboration – A step-by-step guide to success. Bramley, A. and Ogilvie, L. (2021).
- What are fake interdiscplinary collaborations and why do they occur? Its not always intentional. Lianghao Dai (2020) Nature.com
- Pathway profiles: Learning from five main approaches to assessing interdisciplinarity. Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., & Anderson, K. J. (2022). Research Evaluation.
This award-winning news article won the Best Paper award at the 2022 Science of Team Science conference. - PhD training is no longer fit for purpose — it needs reform now. Editorial (2023). Nature.
“The nineteenth-century approach of doctoral students and professors in a master–apprentice relationship can no longer prepare researchers for the way science is done today: in large, interdisciplinary teams.” - Ten simple rules to ruin a collaborative environment. Lawrence-Dill C.J., Allscheid R.L., Boaitey A., Bauman T., Buckler E.S. IV, Clarke J.L., et al. (2022). PLoS Computational Biology.
- Build up big-team science. Nicholas A. Coles, J. Kiley Hamlin, Lauren L. Sullivan, Timothy H. Parker & Drew Altschul. (2022). Nature.
The broader context is what is called “Big Team Science”. - Realising the potential of community-based multidisciplinary teams. Therese Lloyd, Jake Beech, Arne Wolters, Charles Tallack. (2023). The Health Foundation.
Insights from our evaluation of multidisciplinary teams in communities.* - What science can tell us about building great teams. Emily Stone. Kellogg Insight.
- Interdisciplinary campus battles UK sector status quo. London Interdisciplinary School has geared its courses around tackling real-world challenges, but some students seem reluctant to step outside the traditional higher education (THE) sector. * Note: you will need to create a free login with THE to view this article
- Team development is an essential team science competency – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org) by Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano, L. Michelle Bennett and Yianna Vovides
- Towards fair transdisciplinary collaborations that honour epistemic justice – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org) by Annisa Triyanti, Barbara van Paassen, Corinne Lamain, Jessica Duncan, Jillian Student, Jonas Collen Ladeia Torrens and Nina de Roo
- Decision support interventions – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org) by Etiënne Rouwette and Alberto Franco
Spring 2025 Community Seminar
Our Spring seminar held on 21st May 2025 was online and included a keynote from Tayana Soukup Ascensao, Board member at INSciTS, Imperial College London, an introduction to PURE and Research Explorer from Laura Turner (University of Manchester), AND a fun, interactive activity demonstrating the benefits of collaboration with our Team Research team!
You will find the link to the recording of this event below
Professor Helen Bevan
Professor of Practice in Health and Care, University of Warwick. UK, and founder of the ground-breaking NHS Horizons collective.
LinkedIn: HelenBevanHealthcare
Visit website: Welcome to NHS Horizons
Emma Clayton
A well known communication, leadership, and team consultancy expert.
Visit website: Brilliant Teams
The N8 Research Partnership
The N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the eight most research intensive Universities in the North of England; Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, and York.
Working with universities, industry and society, N8 aims to maximise the impact of this research base by:
- promoting collaboration
- establishing innovative research capabilities & programmes of national and international prominence
- driving economic growth
International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS)
INSciTS is the member-based, 501(c)3 non-profit organization of team science and the Science of Team Science (SciTS) field.
INSciTS aims to create and facilitate a high-impact community that develops and disseminates an evidence-base to support team science and shapes how research is conducted to solve complex problems.
INSciTS hosts a annual conference which we highly recommend attending. You are also invited to get involved by applying to be on the Program Committee and to submit papers.
To find out about becoming a member and for more information visit the INSciTS website.
ITD Alliance
Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity
The purpose of the Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD Alliance) is to strengthen and to promote the global capacity and the calibre of collaborative modes of boundary-crossing research and practice.
The ITD Alliance exists to serve a diverse, distributed network of institutions and individuals cutting across disciplinary, institutional, cultural, sectorial, and geographical boundaries. The shared goal of Alliance members is to address complex problems and societal needs common to inter- and transdisciplinary communities around the world.
Divergent Science LLC
Divergent Science (Team Science Consulting) empowers scientific teams to create new knowledge and build solutions to solve complex global challenges.
PURE and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Manchester
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/
Research Explorer is a useful resource for finding expertise at the University (and therefore can be helpful to aid potential new collaboration).
Publications - Divergent Science
Science facilitation: navigating the intersection of intellectual and interpersonal expertise in scientific collaboration. Cravens, A. E., Jones, M. S., Ngai, C., Zarestky, J., & Love, H. B. (2022). Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (nature.com).
A Review of the Literature of the Followership Since 2008: The Importance of Relationships and Emotional Intelligence. Martin, R (2015). Sage Journals.
- Analyzing The Strength Between Mission And Vision Statements And Industry Via Machine Learning. Alshameri, F., & Green, N. (2020). Journal of Applied Business Research.
- Does organizational vision really matter? An empirical examination of factors related to organizational vision integration among hospital employees. Slåtten, T., Mutonyi, B. R., & Lien, G. (2021). Biomedcentral.