This paper reports a study of the incremental impact of evolving cyberinfrastructure (CI) enabled collaboration networks on scientific capacity and knowledge diffusion. While ample research shows how collaboration contributes to greater productivity, higher-quality scientific outputs, and...

A fundamental question in social sciences is how trust emerges. We provide an answer which relies on the formation of social and economic relationships. We argue that behind trust lies the fact that individuals invest in connections taking into account the potential externalities networks...

The move towards collaborative governance in the environmental policy arena often takes the form of collaborative partnerships involving multiple stakeholders with divergent beliefs and interests. Within such partnerships, subsets of stakeholders frequently form coalitions for the purpose of...

This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...

The Partnership Academics Network is the culmination of effort begun by Frontex in 2005 to promote excellence in border and coast guard education and training, in close cooperation with European law enforcement stakeholders and academic institutions. Since 2005, the network has grown from 10 to...