LibraryScenariosWhen interdisciplinary research partners clash over authorship
Scenario

When interdisciplinary research partners clash over authorship

My research partner and I are academics from different disciplines trying to publish together, but our fields have totally different standards for authorship and collaboration, and we're realizing we should have had this conversation before we started writing.

Juana
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Disciplinary norms are creating ethical conflicts that threaten both the relationship and the work.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist karmic justice — cause and effect?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.