by Alex Rigby
Researcher Alex Rigby outside Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK.
I have been working closely with WP8 (Smart Specialisation Cluster) over the last 10 months developing the Dŵr Uisce Visualization tool (DUVis) to map interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration over the projects lifespan. I am thrilled to be a part of the Dŵr Uisce team, it has been a great chance to work with different domain experts and has been a real eye opener to the value of working across disciplines.
With the project coming to an end, we are putting the finishing touches on the DUVis tool. Figure 2 provides a general overview of the tool.
Overview of the DUVis tool
Our vision is that the tool will not only act as a practical way of reviewing the Dŵr Uisce project, but also showcase the benefits of a similar system for planning, documenting and encouraging collaboration in future projects. With the results of a project wide evaluation of the tool on the whole being very positive, we are preparing a paper to be submitted to peer-reviewed publication soon. In the coming weeks DUVis will be hosted on the Dŵr Uisce website but in the meantime you check out the current version here.