Appendix C: Interview questions

  1. Have you participated in any collaborative research projects between university and non-university based researchers? Describe it/them for me please.
  2. What were your experiences like with this approach to research?
  3. Would you get involved in such research approaches again? Why?
  4. Do you perceive any differences or similarities between university and non-university based research and researchers? What are they?
  5. What would an ideal collaboration between university and non-university based researchers look like?
  6. What are the major obstacles to achieve that ideal?
  7. What was the reaction from peers/university authorities to your involvement with non-university researchers?
  8. Have you written about the process of doing collaborative research? Why/not? Where?
  9. What, if any, is the (ideal) role of non university research/ers in society?
  10. What, if any, is the (ideal) role of university research/ers in society?