Stop Blaming the Technology! Culture and Acceptance of IT infrastructure in Research Management

Abstract

The presentation merges the institutional and the research funder perspective to describe the gradual process to achieve a research information management system that operates "like a black box solution that doesn’t complain, does everything and is always perfect". While still far away from this ideal, significant steps have been taken to improve system interoperability. A cultural change is also required beyond the technological challenges to reach a solution that will satisfy researchers, institutions and research funders alike.