In
this set of figures (4 to 6), project partnerships are described as individual
and related networks. This presentation is based on network analysis, which
identifies actors and their relationships, and shows how communities develop
(see PDF guide). The analysis has been done with
software called UCINET, which serves as a tool for analysing network, mainly
in sociological research. Information on individual projects can
be looked up in the
annex.
In
this figure you can see project partnerships in the first phase: 1995 to
1997. The red nodes represent the individual partners, the line between
every two partners marks the relation between them and indicates the potential
of collaboration.
What
is worth noting?
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Three
projects form a cluster, because several individual researchers participate
in two or three of them. This interrelation in fact supports the efforts
made by CEDEFOP and others to develop collaboration and synergies between
projects.
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The four
partners involved in multiple co-participation form stronger ties between
themselves. They represent a central group, functioning as boundary spanners;
these may be important as potential interfaces for knowledge transfer.
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A lot
of partners in this cluster, particularly within EUROPROF, are FORUM members,
identified by squares. FORUM, at that time operating informally, played
a major constituting role in developing project networks. We shall follow
up their role in the next two periods.
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