
Opinion piece by Prof. Othmane Benmoussa of the Euromed Polytechnic School published on Medias24
Remote collaboration has become much more common especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, a new study covering 17 million scientific publications over the past 45 years reveals that researchers who collaborated locally were much more likely to acquire new knowledge from their teammates than those who worked remotely.
The trend was particularly pronounced for researchers in science and engineering, as well as for early-career academics, suggesting that exclusively remote work can hinder innovation both within university circles and R&D departments and within organizational structures in general.
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