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The Future Demands of Research Support: Facilitating Data Intensive Research
ARMS 2019 Adelaide
Paul Wong (joint work with Natalie Mast)
Australian Research Data Commons
● Established to address the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap priority● A part of National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)● Mission to transform the Australian research environment to achieve:
○ A world leading data advantage○ Accelerated innovation○ Collaboration for borderless research○ Enhanced translation of research
https://ardc.edu.au/
No advantage, innovation, collaboration and translation without people
What is Australia capability in eResearch?
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eResearch refers to the use of digital technologies to support/conduct research
As a part of the eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit held in July this year, ARDC commissioned two pieces of work:
Survey the scale of research-IT support workforce (Dr Markus Buchhorn)
https://ardc.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ARDC-National-Workforce-report-final-v3.pdf
The current and future state of eResearch workforce (Dr Natalie Mast)
https://ardc.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ARDC_InformationSheets.pdf
What is Australia capability in eResearch?
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● Data about eResearch support workforce in Australia and elsewhere is non-existing
● Both reports require extrapolation and interpretation of data collected
● The two reports are the beginning of a conversation ● What is missing? How can we build a better model /
understanding of eResearch? ● Need to value eResearch support: the sector needs to monitor
(including collecting data), coordinate and plan the future of that workforce.
The current and future state of eResearch
Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impacts
● What does available data say about the current and future states?● Data sources: ABS, OECD, Scopus, government departments, etc● Apply input-output, “production” model of analysis
OECD ISSA2 survey
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62% of Australian respondents reported that they have produced new code/data in their published research articles in 2018.
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How much “data-related” articles are produced?
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Research workforce composition
Research support is uneven across sectors.Rise in researchers in universities is not proportionally reflected in rise in support staff.HDR students may be carrying the e-work for research.
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Survey result
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Research data support workforce
● around 2000 people (1500 EFT) are employed in the collection
and analysis of research data,
● around 2000 people (1100 EFT) are employed in its management
or stewardship,
● around 800 people (400 EFT) are employed in training/advising
researchers on research data
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Data Publication Per Researcher
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Mapping eResearch to ABS ANZ Standard Classifications (Industries, Occupations) to get the projection of the (compound) growth rate (http://lmip.gov.au/ & Deloitte Access Economics)
Low: 2% per annum (8.2% 5yr)Med: 3% per annum (12.5% 5yr)High: 4% per annum (16.9% 5yr)
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Deloitte Access Economics’ projection of “data science”
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Deloitte Access Economics’ projection of “data science”
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Consider this...
A warning: higher education’s growth is slower (3.9% 5yr) then the
overall economy (7.1% 5yr) - e-skilled workers will likely flow to the
private sector instead.
How would that affect your institutional research capability?
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