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I've worked for both big R1 Universities as well as top-tier independent research institutes. I ran computing facilities that supported bioinformatics facilities, and spent my day interacting with both research leaders (PIs/faculty) and administration. I don't believe point #1 - I have been involved in shared governance bodies as a student and staff, and at least where I've spent time, these bodies are strong. For po…
For #2, are you saying the administration doesn’t hold the purse strings? Why the resistance to the top-down approach? Nobody resists if it means more resources; and faster procurement of resources. Instead it seems researchers are forced to navigate politics and raise funding. Or do you mean that each department has its own IT department and it’s resisting consolidation? For #3: It’s not about resources but about ho…
The resistance to the top down approach was, to me, misunderstanding the risks of storing their data outside of a safe place, and a fear of losing control of their data.
The last institute I worked at was focused on basic biomedical research - dead ends were what we chased all day!