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The "Networked Think Tank"-Portal has been conceptualized and realized by Coconets in close cooperation with Dr. May-Britt U. Stumbaum, Head of the international and interdisciplinary NFG Research Group "Asian Perceptions of the EU" at the Free University Berlin.
The portal serves as key communication and collaboration tool
for all members
of the Research Group as well as Visiting
Fellows and practitioners from India and China; and is also
open to Partners and Advisory Board members from all around
the world.
Based on knowledge-management theory, various web 2.0 tools have been selected to fit the particular social interaction, discourse, collaboration, knowledge collection and creation as well as self-reflection needs of the Research Group. In detail, the portal features, inter alia:
- Joint bibliography
- Various Collaboration Spaces
- Joint Resources and Glossary
- Research and Publication Space
- Discussion Space
- Daily Blog Journals
- Chat and Messages
- Separate Area for Practitioners
- Project Management Space
- Joint Calendar
- Ticket System
Main portal benefits include:
- Access at any time, from anywhere
- Key research, resources and project information in one central location
- Interactive, interdisciplinary, innovative
- Focus on content and discourse
- First-hand experience of intercultural communication
- Team collaboration in virtual rooms
- Enhanced mutual understanding and openness
Over the course of this 4-year project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the "Networked Think Tank"-Portal will be continuously expanded in close cooperation with the NFG Research Group.
