Visiting and Hosting
Hosting well: the practical failures are what people remember, not the science
A visitor who cannot get into the building, open an account, or get paid will not remember the seminar.
Visiting and Hosting
Practicalities of research visits in both directions: invitations, logistics, expectations.
Visiting and Hosting
Visiting and Hosting
The first exchange: define one deliverable, or it becomes a two-week tour
Exchange visits without a defined output produce goodwill, photographs, and no follow-up.
Visiting and Hosting
Long partnerships: the third project is where the value is, and most partnerships stop at one
The first project pays for learning how to work together. Everything after that is where the return sits.
Visiting and Hosting
Knowledge transfer: train the person who stays, not the person who leaves
Training programmes routinely select the most mobile candidate, who is also the one least likely to still be there in three years.
Visiting and Hosting
Fieldwork: your local partner is not a fixer, and treating them as one ends the partnership
Field projects fail on logistics and relationships far more often than on method.
Visiting and Hosting
Research visits: a two-week visit early prevents two years of misaligned assumptions
Everything you cannot learn from correspondence becomes obvious within three days on site.
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