Please use this form to submit your study for inclusion into our database. It will be checked by a member of the Innovation Growth Lab team, who may be in contact to ask for more information. Your email address * Your name * Title * The name of the study Short summary A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract <p>How do different types of proximity impact collaboration and knowledge generation? How should we design research campuses to maximize the probability of breakthrough innovation taking place? Although information and communication technology has substantially lowered the cost of remote interactions, physical space and geographic proximity still play a major role in inventive activity. This project will explore how a research-intensive academic campus should be designed to increase the probability of breakthrough innovations taking place. Using experimental evidence, the randomised trial will pinpoint how different types of proximity (colocation, temporary co-location and virtual co-location via software) ultimately impact collaboration and knowledge generation. Scientists across different scientific fields, including biomedical, space, nuclear, energy and IT science, will be reallocated to workspaces in a new campus. Their exact location will be randomised and data on collaborations and interactions will be collected.</p> The full abstract of the study, if available Links https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org/projects/rethinking-innovation-spaces Links to any published papers and related discussions Authors * Affiliations Academic and other institutes that the authors of the study are members of Delivery partner Organisations involved in delivering the trial, if appropriate Year Year Year199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Journal Journal publishing the study, if available Publication stage * Working Paper Published Ongoing Research Forthcoming Discussion Paper Research theme * Entrepreneurship Innovation Business Growth Country Country or countries where this study took place. Topics What sort of topics does the study cover? Sample attributes Hypotheses / research question Sample Trial population and sample selection Number of treatment groups Size of treatment groups Size of control group Unit of analysis Clustered? Yes No Cluster details Trial attributes Treatment description How do different types of proximity impact collaboration and knowledge generation? How should we design research campuses to maximize the probability of breakthrough innovation taking place? Scientists across different scientific fields, including biomedical, space, nuclear, energy and IT science, will be reallocated to workspaces in a new campus. Their exact location will be randomised and data on collaborations and interactions will be collected. Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables Results Intervention costs Cost benefit ratio Reference Ganguli, I., Catalini, C. (forthcoming). 'Rethinking Innovation Spaces'. Ongoing research. Citation for use in academic references
