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5 Research Coordination and Institute Planning
Pages 81-88

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From page 81...
... The first section of the chapter discusses opportunities and methods for research coordination among scientific research, industrial, agency, and civil society organizations. The second part of the chapter explores organizational options and strategies for advancing regional and international research.
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From page 82...
... Industry scientists could stand to benefit from collaborations with academia as well, especially to the extent that they could influence research agendas toward issues of concern to industry. Moreover, there are likely important synergies that could develop, as for example, collaborative studies with environmental scientists could identify alternative disposal sites for dredge spoils that could actually be environmentally beneficial (and thus more easily permitted)
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From page 83...
... . •  ile delta – issues include sediment and flow reduction, pollution control, N marsh destruction and restoration, in an arid environment (USGS, 2012)
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From page 84...
... The Water Institute could also consider launching an International Journal of Delta Research, as a mechanism to further cement its role as a global center of delta research. These activities, along with hosting PhD students, postdoctoral scholars, and senior scholars (not only faculty on sabbatical but also non-PhDs drawn from the ranks of managers and agency scientists)
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From page 85...
... INSTITUTE STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIONS As a new research entity without institutional constraints, the Water Institute has an unusual opportunity to develop a research scope and agenda, an organizational structure, and a mode of operation that are not encumbered by historical constraints. Even so, Water Institute leadership will recognize that their research will be conducted in a setting that is occupied by other entities that conduct research, implement regulations, or affect the environment through commercial or industrial practices.
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From page 86...
... More feasible and effective than either of these contrasting strategies, however, is a rational opportunistic mode of operation that favors independent work when the full range of competencies is available internally but moves to varying degrees of collaboration or even complete distribution of some types of work when such a mode of operation can result in a better product. Furthermore, partnerships will enhance the image of the Water Institute as part of an extended research community rather than an entity that finds limited benefits in sponsored collaboration.
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From page 87...
... For example, expertise in geomorphology establishes the Water Institute's capability for dealing with dynamics of land surface area in the Gulf, with sediment mass balance and distribution, and with geomorphic processes that enhance the potential for development of marsh landscapes. Inclusion of social science expertise in the list of competencies would encourage analytical expertise for describing and projecting the effects of delta populations and institutions within the delta environment, and could contribute to an
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From page 88...
... 88 Delta WATERS integrated perspective for water and environmental management within the Water Institute. • The Water Institute will have opportunities to build working, collab orative relationships with a rich variety of research and educational institutes, and private industry -- including energy exploration and development firms, fisheries, tourism, and the maritime transporta tion sector.
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