Democratic research

Author(s)

Bettina Zimmermann, Hendrik Wagenaar, Katharina Kieslich, Barbara Prainsack, Gert Meyers, Alena Buyx, Seliem El-Sayed, Amelia Fiske, Ilaria Galasso, Susi Geiger, Nora Hangel, Ruth Horn, Stephanie Johnson, Janneke Kuiper, Federica Lucivero, Stuart McLennan, Katharina T Paul, Mirjam Pot, Isabella Radhuber, Gabrielle Samuel, Tamar Sharon, Lotje Siffels, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Sula Awad, Théo Bourgeron, Johanna Eichinger, Marie Gaille, Christian Haddad, Sarah Hayes, Andrew Hoffman, Marie Jasser, Joke Kenens, Marjolein Lanzing, Sébastien Libert, Elisa Lievevrouw, Luca Marelli, Fernandos Ongolly, Amicia Phillips, Clémence Pinel, Katharina Riesinger, Stephen Roberts, Gertrude Saxinger, Lukas Schlogl, Franziska Schönweitz, Anna Sierawska, Wanda Spahl, Emma Stendahl, Siemen Vanstreels, Simeon Vidolov, Elias Weiss

Abstract

The sudden and dramatic advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to urgent demands for timely, relevant, yet rigorous research. This paper discusses the origin, design, and execution of the SolPan research commons, a large-scale, international, comparative, qualitative research project that sought to respond to the need for knowledge among researchers and policymakers in times of crisis. The form of organization as a research commons is characterized by an underlying solidaristic attitude of its members and its intrinsic organizational features in which research data and knowledge in the study is shared and jointly owned. As such, the project is peer-governed, rooted in (idealist) social values of academia, and aims at providing tools and benefits for its members. In this paper, we discuss challenges and solutions for qualitative studies that seek to operate as research commons.

Organisation(s)

Dean's office of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Research Platform Governance of digital practices, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

External organisation(s)

Technische Universität München, Universität Basel, IHS - Institut für Höhere Studien und wissenschaftliche Forschung, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University College Dublin, University of Oxford, King's College London, Radboud University, Université Paris VII - Paris-Diderot, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Diplomatische Akademie Wien, University College London, University of Copenhagen

Journal

SSM. Qualitative research in health

Volume

2

ISSN

2667-3215

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100158

Publication date

09-2022

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504023 Political sociology

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science), Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/33cc4073-a4bf-4c35-9404-a6e1cebb4686