Studying Research Collaborations

This introductory chapter contextualizes the book by referring to increasing trends and pressures for researchers to collaborate, distinguishing different forms of collaboration and styles of research into research collaboration. More importantly, it begins the challenge of theorizing research collaboration. By featuring an emphasis on solidarity and emotional energy, as well as considering particular dialectical approaches to understanding collaboration, this collection of contributions set it apart from other major publications on collaboration. The structure of the sections and sequence of the chapters are then described in the book overview near the end of the chapte