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Computer Supported Cooperative Work: An International Journal 

Invitation and Call for Papers

Special Issue: Collaboration in e-Research

Issue Editors: Marina Jirotka (Oxford University), Rob Procter (Manchester University) Tom Rodden (Nottingham University) and Geof Bowker (Santa Clara)

e-Research or, as it is known in the USA, cyberinfrastructure, represents a potentially revolutionary shift in the way research is undertaken. Many areas of research are becoming increasingly reliant on new forms of collaborative and multi-disciplinary work and the vision of e-Research attempts to capture these new forms of working. In this vision, new kinds of research method and global research communities (dynamic or $(Avi(Brtual$(B o(Brganisations) will emerge, through a Grid infrastructure that enables high speed and distributed, large-scale computations, and radically new ways of sharing data repositories. 

It is well recognised in both the CSCW and technological innovation literature that successful development and deployment of new collaborative technologies is highly unpredictable. Some key aspects of the e-Research vision, such as notions of global collaboration and virtual organisation, have been researched in depth in fields such as CSCW over the last fifteen years and many important lessons have been learned regarding the issues involved in developing collaborative systems that fit with work practices. Some of these lessons are applicable to novel technological developments in e-Research, yet others may need to be enhanced or transformed in order to manage and account for the complex and possibly more innovative practices of sharing data that are made technically possible by the Grid such as real time monitoring of a global network of streaming data from environmental sensors. Thus, it becomes possible through a Grid infrastructure to make vast amounts of data easily available to new communities. In practice, significant challenges have been revealed for work practices, legal and organisational arrangements when attempting to enable the sharing of data across research communities.

This special issue of JCSCW seeks contributions on the current state of the art in both social and technical issues in e-Research. Papers should investigate key developments in the understanding of collaboration in e-Research and the social impact of such technologies when deployed in research settings.

Contributors are encouraged to address any topic, including (but not limited to):

* Case studies of current research practices and how they may help inform the practical achievement of e-Research.
* Case studies of e-Research projects, including their failures and successes.
* e-Research and the production of scientific knowledge, including new research methods, research management and the implications for research expertise.
* Understanding practices of data ownership, management and sharing in research work, and the implications for the design of e-Research infrastructures and tools.
* Dealing with issues of interpersonal trust, accountability and ethics within distributed research communities.
* Technologies and tools for supporting small and large scale research collaborations across time and distance.
* Lessons for e-Research from evaluations of collaborative technologies and concepts of collaboration in CSCW.
* Methodologies for requirements gathering, design, development and management of e-Research infrastructures and tools.
* The challenges of integrating e-Research infrastructures and tools into the working practices of researchers and their local organisational settings.
* Methodologies for the formative evaluation of e-Research
* Strategies and tools for managing virtual organisations.

All papers submitted for this special issue will be subject to the journal$(Bs (Busual peer-review process. The anticipated publication date for this special issue will be mid 2006. Contributions should be submitted electronically to [log in to unmask]

The deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2005. Authors$(B i(Bnstructions can be found at http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0925-9724

About the journal: 
Since its inception in 1992, Computer Supported Cooperative Work has been the leading research journal for both technical and social investigations of cooperative activity supported by digital technology and media. CSCW is published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 

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