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Universities and researchers

Universities, research institutes and laboratories can collaborate with The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) on research, independent review and methods. Work starts from a research protocol and agreed terms for contributions, rights and publication. Ethics review follows the institutions and jurisdictions involved. Negative findings and independent scrutiny always stay possible. Part of Work with GCRI.

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01Sequence

The order things happen in.

  1. 01QuestionNational, regional or institutional priority
  2. 02EvidenceSTEM foundation of the platform
  3. 03BuildFoundry
  4. 04OrganiseNexus ecosystem
  5. 05TestUniverse (independent site)
  6. 06PublishReports
  7. 07DecideCompetent authorities and institutions, through NXS-RLS (participants, agreements and handoffs)
  8. 08RenewCorrections and the next annual agenda
02Kinds of collaboration

Three ways to work together.

Each starts with a written protocol and agreed terms.

Research

Joint research

Studies on shared questions, browsable in the research library once released.

Review

Independent review

Review of GCRI methods and findings by researchers with managed conflicts.

Methods

Methods and teaching

Contributions to method pages in the STEM Commons and to learning routes.

03Terms

What is agreed at the start.

  1. 01

    Research protocol

    Questions, methods, data, roles and timeline.

  2. 02

    Resource decision

    What each party contributes, including any computing or data access, and on what terms.

  3. 03

    Rights

    Background intellectual property, joint results, third-party material and protected community knowledge are treated separately.

  4. 04

    Publication route

    Where and how results are published, authorship by contribution and the review that precedes release.

04Process

How the process runs.

Process

Universities and researchers: Working group, charter to sunset

A working group is chartered by record for a fixed timebox, delivers bounded assignments, drafts and recommends, then dissolves unless renewed; it does not adopt.

  1. 01 Form

    1. 01NLC proposes the groupDecision · National Leadership CouncilThe NLC proposes working groups and nominates chairs, editors and experts from its leadership pools. It does not charter.
    2. 02Charter by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA working group is chartered by record for a timebox of at most twenty-four months. The charter sets its scope, roles and decision rule.
    3. 03Members join by competenceStep · MembersExperts, practitioners, students and volunteers join by competence. Members declare interests and recuse on conflict.

  2. 02 Work

    1. 04Workplan from the national agendaStepAssignments come from the national agenda and the year’s missions. Each states the competence it needs and how the work will be reviewed.
    2. 05Drafts and deliverables, delivered monthlyRecordGroups deliver monthly. For standards they draft the national profile and deviation register and run national public comment and pilots.

  3. 03 Review

    1. 06Contribution record and reviewGateEach contribution is recorded and reviewed. A working group drafts and recommends; it does not adopt.
    2. 07Recognition follows the recordRecordContribution records are kept, so that recognition follows the record.
    3. 08National adoption is decided elsewhereDecision · National Standards CouncilThe National Standards Council decides the adoption mode and the national profile. The working group proposes and never decides.

  4. 04 Close

    1. 09Dissolved by default, or renewed by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA group is dissolved by default at the end of the timebox. The National Standards Council renews or closes it, on the NLC’s proposal.

National Working Groups · National Standards Council · Decision rightsDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation. No working group is constituted. The charter rules belong to the proposed Nexus Standards working model.

05What you receive, contribute

What you receive, contribute and can expect.

QuestionAnswer
What you receiveA research protocol, a resource decision, contribution and rights terms and a publication route
What you contributeResearch expertise, staff time and any data or facilities agreed in the protocol
CostDetermined in each protocol; no general fee applies to research collaboration
Who is accountableThe GCRI organisation named in the terms, GCRI Canada or GCRI US
How to leave or raise a concernWithdraw at any time under the agreed terms; concerns go to the integrity concern form
06Ethics and publication rules

Integrity is not negotiable.

  • Ethics review as required by the institutions and jurisdictions involved, before work with people begins
  • Negative findings and independent scrutiny always remain possible
  • No funder, sponsor or host can suppress a result or a limitation
  • Funding and conflicts disclosed with each publication
  • Corrections recorded as new versions

Integrity rules are set out under research integrity. The Global Risks Forum (GRF) runs a research and universities constituency for leadership dialogue. Information and enquiries are open today: an enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

How do we propose a collaboration?
Write to the research collaboration form with the question, your team and the kind of collaboration you propose.
Who owns joint results?
Ownership is agreed in the terms before work begins, separating background intellectual property from joint results. Publication rights are set out at the same time.
Can students join a collaboration?
Yes, under supervision and the learning and safeguarding rules described for experts, volunteers and students.
Does GCRI fund research?
Resource decisions are part of each protocol. GCRI does not publish a general research funding call unless one is opened with its terms.
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