“Collaboration, Authorship, and Acknowledgment: Best Practices in Navigating Expectations”

Presenter: John H. Shaw, Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology, Harvard College Professor, and Chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Professor Shaw will facilitate a discussion on the challenges of managing expectations for credit and acknowledgement when working on domestic and international collaborative research. Topics will include assigning authorship, acknowledging past and current contributions, and reconciling competing expectations. Using case studies, he will discuss situations that commonly arise and explore ways to navigate them effectively.