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Orchestrating collaborative projects: Inside ICT networks in Horizon 2020

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  • Simen G Enger
  • Magnus Gulbrandsen

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This article investigates decisions taken at the project level in establishing and managing collaborative ICT projects under the European Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Based on interviews with project coordinators from European research organizations, we offer a detailed examination of how projects are built and managed, and how decisions influence the formation of collaborative networks. Projects are typically set up in three stages. In the first, a smaller group that has worked together before decides on the main idea. This leads in the second stage to a gradual invitation of partners to satisfy professional and formal demands, which also defines the structure of the project. If funded, more detailed decisions on ownership and interaction are taken in the third stage. Coordinators are under pressure from the regulatory control of the EU Commission, which can explain the strong preference for well-known partners, but the formal monitoring also provides tools for project managers.

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  • Simen G Enger & Magnus Gulbrandsen, 2020. "Orchestrating collaborative projects: Inside ICT networks in Horizon 2020," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 396-409.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:47:y:2020:i:3:p:396-409.
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