Scientific collaboration is a popular issue in the literature on knowledge production. Although previous studies show that scientific teamwork becomes dominant and is related to the impact of scientific results, empirical results of this research reveal that collaboration itself is not “the almighty” for quality research. This study finds the following three stylized facts. First, Korean univer...

This is a report on the 3-day workshop "The Neuroscience of Responsibility" that was held in the Philosophy Department at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands during February 11th-13th, 2010. The workshop had 25 participants from The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Canada and Australia, with expertise in philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry and law. Its aim was to...

The Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) – a private, non-profit corporation affiliated with Virginia Tech – was selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to create a Basic Research, Innovation, and Collaboration Center. The Center will provide the Air Force an innovative and collaborative environment accessible to academia, industry and other government ent...

research on pre-task planning has revealed that planned conditions have produced more fluent and complex language than unplanned conditions. to date, most of these studies have investigated the effects of individual planning on language production while collaborative planning has received scant attention. to determine the effects of pre-task planning on second language written production, the p...

increase cross-national influences on alcohol use and alcohol-related problems, better understanding of the sociocultural influences on women’s and men’s drinking will become increasingly valuable for improving national and international efforts to reduce problems caused by alcohol consumption. This article summarizes international collaborative research con­ ducted during the past decade on ge...

The National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) supports teams of educators in collaborative, inquirybased professional learning. Effective collaborative inquiry teams build sustainable capacity in schools by giving teachers skills, structures, and support systems to continually learn from and refine their shared practice. Both empirical research and international comparisons tell us that inv...

The aim of this article is to share our experiences from an international collaborative effort to study health outcomes among Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) soldiers following the 1991 Gulf War. By paying particular attention to distinct social and religious customs, geopolitical differences, and unique aspects of the health care system, we achieved a successful international collaboration...

The National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) supports teams of educators in collaborative, inquirybased professional learning. Effective collaborative inquiry teams build sustainable capacity in schools by giving teachers skills, structures, and support systems to continually learn from and refine their shared practice. Both empirical research and international comparisons tell us that inv...