Are you a researcher who regularly does synthesis of existing research? For example, do you frequently conduct literature reviews to construct new research problems? Or do theory-building to make sense of past work?
If the answer to these questions is yes, and you are experimenting with new tools to do this work, and/or part of an organization that is trying to do things differently from mainstream academia, we'd love to talk to you to understand the tools, practices, and organizational resources that shape and support your synthesis work! Your participation will help us understand sociocultural aspects of research environments that could serve as favorable foundations for new infrastructures for sharing, reusing, and synthesizing research knowledge.
Participation will consist of two (remote) interviews of approximately 60-90 minutes each. Participation will also include a $100 gift card as a token of our appreciation for your time and insights. You can click the button below to fill in a Google Form to sign up as a participant.
Click Here to Sign Up as A Participant
By clicking on the left button, you will be redirected to a Google Form. This Google Form should take no more than ~5-10 minutes to complete. In the form, we will ask you for some basic information related to yourself, your synthesis tools, and organization. We take the privacy and confidentiality of your information seriously, and all the data we collected will be deidentified before we analyze and share results of our study. Upon receiving your Google Form, we will send you links to schedule the first interview and a consent form to sign.
If you have any other questions about this study please don't hesitate to contact the research assistant Siyi Zhu. His email adress is zhusy@umd.edu.