Just because we can't hold Research Refresh in the Wolfson Research Exchange at the moment doesn’t mean we can’t still have a chat over coffee and cake!

Join us on Microsoft Teams for a virtual coffee break! We'll be chatting about the best ways to work from home, and how to stay productive and get research and writing done in the current situation - plus it's a great way for you to keep in touch with other REx regulars!

This workshop is a response to the increasing encouragement to initiate collaborations between diverse groups of academic, industry and community representatives for multidisciplinary and innovative research ideas, networks and projects.

Together we will develop plans to effectively manage the process of initiating such collaborations. These plans will include approaches to developing networks of like-minded researches, early forms of communication and handy tips to resolving some of the key issues in multidisciplinary collaborations. We will share with you our experience of co-operating in diverse and complex collaborative spaces to inform and make sense of the journey between your plan and its practical implementation. All in all, we hope to set you on a journey to forming innovative and successful research groups.

By the end of the workshop, you should be able to:

• Tackle some of the challenges embedded in multidisciplinary collaborations.
• Be able to create an action plan that helps you achieve tangible results.
• Understand what makes collaboration complex when you work across different areas of expertise, cultures, or in virtual spaces.
• Expand your current network through topical engagements with students and workshop facilitators.
• Self-reflect on how you can create your own research network and what particular steps you are doing right or wrong