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The Benefits, Barriers, and Risks of Big-Team Science
Patrick S Forscher1,2, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers3, Nicholas A Coles4
1Research and Innovation Division, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Nairobi, Kenya.
Summary
Big-team science can address psychology's reproducibility and generalizability challenges by pooling resources. However, overcoming institutional barriers and managing risks is crucial for sustainable big-team research progress.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Scientific Methodology
- Research Management
Background:
- Psychology faces significant challenges in replicability, generalizability, and reproducibility.
- These issues may stem from insufficient resources allocated to individual studies.
- Current academic structures favor solo principal investigators, hindering collaborative approaches.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how big-team science can address resource limitations in psychological research.
- To identify barriers and risks associated with implementing big-team science models.
- To assess the potential of big-team science to advance psychological research.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of existing challenges in psychological research.
- Discussion of the potential benefits and drawbacks of big-team science.
- Examination of institutional and incentive structures in academia.
Main Results:
- Big-team science offers a potential solution by pooling intellectual and non-intellectual resources.
- Existing academic infrastructure presents significant barriers to sustainable big-team science.
- Risks include mismanagement, lack of accountability, and potential for large-scale errors.
Conclusions:
- Big-team science can drive progress in psychology if its unique barriers and risks are effectively managed.
- Proper compensation and clear roles for personnel are essential for big-team sustainability.
- Addressing systemic issues is key to unlocking the potential of collaborative research models.
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