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Organizing ODIN: a case study in European academic co-operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

C. Dowrick ,
J.L. Vázquez-Barquero ,
G. Wilkinson ,
C. Wilkinson ,
V. Lehtinen ,
O.S. Dalgard ,
P. Casey  and
The ODIN Group
C. Dowrick
Affiliation:
Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3GB, UK
J.L. Vázquez-Barquero
Affiliation:
Unidad de Investigacion de Psiquiatria Social, Hospital Universitario ‘Marqus de Valdecilla’, Av. Valdecilla, 39008 Santander, Spain
G. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3BX, UK
C. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Division of General Practice, Wrexham Technology Park, WrexhamLL13 7YP, UK
V. Lehtinen
Affiliation:
STAKES Mental Health Research Group, Kunnallissairaalantie 20, 20700Turku, Finland
O.S. Dalgard
Affiliation:
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Oslo/National Institute of Public Health, Torshov, 0403Oslo, Norway
P. Casey
Affiliation:
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland

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The European Commission is an increasingly important source of funding for international research projects and is due to announce its Framework 5 program early in 1999. The Outcomes of Depression International Network (ODIN), funded from the current EC Biomed 2 program, is a case study in European academic co-operation. Its organization has three key elements. First, engaging the principal investigators: this has involved identifying potential partners, ensuring reciprocity of interests, effective co-ordination, `dividing the spoils' in advance, and setting up good personal and electronic communication systems. Second, an esprit de corps has been created amongst the researchers, maintaining contact and consistency, and promoting higher degrees. Third, ongoing problems including difficulties in negotiations with the EC, divergence of detailed study methods, and isolation and demoralization amongst researchers, have been addressed. ODIN may provide a useful model for researchers wishing to set up international collaborative groups.

Keywords

depressionEuroperesearch network organization
Type
European Psychiatry News
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 177 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1999

Footnotes

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The ODIN group is composed of academic colleagues and researchers currently working with ODIN. At 1st August 1998 they included T. Anstorp, J.L. Ayuso–Mateos, K. Benum, P. Cuijpers, I. Davies, J.F. Diez Manrique, G. Dunn, R. Edwards, A. Elneihum, M. Finne, F. Ford, A. Gómez Del Barrio, C. Hayes, A. Higuera, A. Horgan, C. Hosman, T. Koffert, F. Johnstone, N. Jones, L. Lasa, M. Lehtilä, C. McDonough, E. Michalak, C. Murphy, A. Nevra, T. Nummelin, H. Page, A. Schmenger, B. Sohlman, J. Strype.

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