Thread by @raulpacheco

THREAD: On shared databases, literature reviews materials and Conceptual Synthesis Excel Dumps (CSED), Mendeley and Dropbox folders for a laboratory or a coauthorship.

You may recall that a few weeks ago, I asked you if you used any of my techniques and whether you shared stuff

When I had my own lab, @CoReGovLab, I used to share Dropbox folders, Mendeley folders/groups and CSEDs with my research assistants and my coauthors. That was/is part of the deal with me: if you work with me, we may want to implement my methods (for both of our sakes)

I am at a different institution now, BUT I still believe in the power of sharing the same methods, heuristics, files and approaches to doing research.

I am currently co-editing a book with @Pran_eeta which means we're going to have to share CSEDs, Mendeley and Dropbox folders.

There are other projects where I believe our progress will be enhanced by sharing a CSED. For example, with a colleague of mine from FLACSO, Jose del Tronco Paganelli, I am exploring the politics of public health policy (a new area for both of us). We share Mendeley/Dropbox/CSEDs

I am also organizing a Global Learning Circle/Reading Group on #HospitalEthnography which means that I'll probably set up a shared Dropbox/Google Drive folder for everyone to access the materials we will be reading each week.

We may not share a CSED but I'll keep mine going.

So what's the heuristic then?

- Share if you think your coauthors, students, research assistants will benefit from these shared materials

- Keep your own copy if you plan to do solo-authored work, or if you have stuff that doesn't need to be shared all the time.

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