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Ne -Ze o Digi al Resea ch In as uc u e
Vision and Expe ise
Wo kplan
Ma in Juckes and Sa ah Spa ow
8 h Janua y 2024
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Execu i e Summa y .................................................................................................................... 4
1. Vision ...................................................................................................................................... 7
O e iew .................................................................................................................................... 7
Ambi ion ................................................................................................................................ 7
Au ho i y and Au hen ici y ................................................................................................. 8
Ad ice and Guidance ............................................................................................................ 8
Ne DRIVE Themes ................................................................................................................... 8
Machine oom and ha dwa e ............................................................................................. 9
G een so wa e enginee ing ..............................................................................................10
Gal anizing Indi idual Ac ion ..........................................................................................10
Sys emic change ..................................................................................................................10
P ojec O ganiza ion .............................................................................................................. 11
The Co e Team ..................................................................................................................... 11
Champions o Sus ainable Resea ch In as uc u e ................................................... 12
Ne wo k o T ans o ma ional Change ........................................................................... 12
Communi y Ac i i ies ......................................................................................................... 12
Lessons om he pas and looking o he u u e .............................................................. 12
Lessons om Ne DRIVE S age 1........................................................................................ 12
Founda ions om he scoping s udy ............................................................................... 13
Sus aining he Ne DRIVE ac i i ies .................................................................................. 13
2. App oach ...............................................................................................................................14
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O e iew ...................................................................................................................................14
WP1: Leade ship and Deli e y (co e eam) .....................................................................14
WP2: Champions o Sus ainable Resea ch Compu ing .............................................. 16
WP3: Ne wo k o T ans o ma ion Change ................................................................... 16
WP4: Communi y Ac i i ies .............................................................................................. 17
Miles ones ................................................................................................................................ 21
Fi s qua e ......................................................................................................................... 21
Up o mon h 15 ..................................................................................................................... 21
Full P ojec .......................................................................................................................... 22
3. Go e nance .......................................................................................................................... 22
NERC P ojec Boa d ............................................................................................................... 22
P ojec Execu i e G oup........................................................................................................ 22
Re iew Panel ........................................................................................................................... 23
Ne wo k Gene al Assembly .................................................................................................. 24
P ojec Ope a ions Team (POT) ........................................................................................... 24
Communi y Leade ship Team (CLT) .................................................................................. 24
4. E hics and esponsible esea ch and inno a ion (RRI) ............................................... 24
5. Re e ences ........................................................................................................................... 26
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Recommended ci a ion: Juckes, M.N., and Spa ow, S., 2025: Ne -Ze o Digi al Resea ch
In as uc u e Vision and Expe ise (Wo kplan). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14626648
Execu i e Summa y
Ne -Ze o Digi al Resea ch In as uc u e – Vision and Expe ise (Ne DRIVE) will
add ess he eno mous challenges o es ablishing a sus ainable Uni ed Kingdom
Resea ch and Inno a ion (UKRI) digi al esea ch in as uc u e (DRI), e e sing a
g owing dependency on apidly deple ing esou ces. The UKRI DRI plays a c i ical ole
in deli e ing wo ld-leading esea ch and inno a ion o he UK. Ad ancing digi al
echnology is ans o ming esea ch and inno a ion jus as digi iza ion is
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ans o ming socie y. Ne DRIVE will channel he momen um o his ans o ma ion
in o sus ainable pa hways.
The ca bon oo p in o he DRI is di e se, anging om high pe o mance compu ing
(HPC) o pe sonal lap ops, da a in as uc u e suppo ing open esea ch o
cybe secu i y, so wa e and he people using and ope a ing i . This complexi y is
u he inc eased by ansdisciplina i y, highly dis ibu ed decision making, and he
apidly expanding ole o he DRI. The oo p in is modes compa ed o elemen s o
he physical esea ch in as uc u e bu ne e heless demands a en ion.
Ne DRIVE will deli e immedia e and angible p og ess, p o ide con idence in ou
pa hway o sus ainabili y, and demons a e na ional and in e na ional hough
leade ship so ha he DRI can con inue o se e communi y needs well in o he u u e.
The challenges o o ganisa ional complexi y and apidly e ol ing echnology will be
u ned in o s eng hs by exploi ing he di e si y o he s akeholde communi y and
he agili y o he in as uc u e.
Ne DRIVE will ec ui a eam o Champions o Sus ainable Resea ch Compu ing,
con ene a Ne wo k o T ans o ma ional Change, and und a po olio o Communi y
Ac i i ies. P og ess will be measu ed h ough communi y backed me ics, based on
bo h he physical eali y o obse able quan i ies, such as powe consump ion and
embedded ca bon budge s, and he expe ienced eali ies o indi iduals, such as us
and con idence, in he DRI and he b oade academic communi y.
The Champions o Sus ainable Resea ch Compu ing will p o ide leade ship ac oss
all aspec s o echnological ad ance and communi y ans o ma ion. They will be
esponsible o condensing and syn hesizing ou pu s om ac oss he p ojec o
o mula e imely and ac ionable ad ice o UKRI and he academic communi y.
The Ne wo k o T ans o ma ional Change will b ing oge he domain expe s,
communi y leade s, isiona ies, c i ics, and he leade s o omo ow, om inside and
ou side o academia, o engage in ee discou se on eme ging ques ions and
challenges o sus ainable esea ch compu ing. The Ne wo k will no only be a place o
sha e he la es inno a ion bu will i sel become a new coali ion o d i e cul u al
ans o ma ion. Th ough emb acing a di e si y o iews and opinions, Ne DRIVE will
ensu e ha eme ging ecommenda ions and ad ice ha e been well es ed in an ac i e
and ep esen a i e o um he eby es ablishing i sel as he go- o place o ques ions
on Ne Ze o DRI p io i ies and oppo uni ies.
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Communi y Ac i i ies will add ess he need o echnical inno a ion and
o ganisa ional ans o ma ion, p omo e knowledge exchange, and build us and
con idence. Demons a o s and p oo -o -concep s udies will enable he communi y
o explo e and es new ideas, de elop bes p ac ice guides and communi y esou ces,
and p o ide aining o empowe indi iduals o ealise necessa y beha iou al change.
Wo king g oups and ask o ces will b ing oge he ele an eams o p o ide in-
dep h epo s on subjec s o in e es and ocus mee ings will engage local ac o s,
indus y bodies and s akeholde s in discussion o ums on opical issues. Seizing
oppo uni ies o place ocus mee ings wi hin o alongside exis ing la ge communi y
ga he ings and con e ences will b oaden each and enable syne gies o be exploi ed.
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1. Vision
“The jou ney o ne ze o compu ing equi es ans o ma ional change
which can deli e huge bene i s as pa o he b oade ans o ma ion o a
new gene a ion o digi ally enabled esea ch." (Juckes e al., 2023)
O e iew
Ambi ion
Ne DRIVE will deli e a unique and decisi e s ep owa ds a sus ainable Uni ed
Kingdom Resea ch and Inno a ion (UKRI) digi al esea ch in as uc u e (DRI) by
con ening and empowe ing leade s in ideas and in change om ac oss UKRI. Many
ca e ully planned a emp s o cons ain g ow h in esou ce usage in o he
o ganisa ions ha e ailed despi e he bes o in en ions. We will no only engage wi h
he expe s in echnology bu also wi h he expe s in beha iou who can o e insigh
in o he wo kings and ailings o ou decision p ocesses. The hea o he p oblem
he e is no he compu e s. We a e he p oblem ou sel es: ou sel es and he way in
which we use he compu e s and he powe ha hey gi e us. Ne DRIVE is ounded on
he belie ha we can also be he solu ion.
The escala ing impac s o clima e change con on us wi h an exis en ial h ea . We
a e aced no only by loss o li e, damage o p ope y, and educ ions in ood supply,
bu also by g owing di isions in socie y. Uni ing o achie e a ansi ion o
sus ainabili y c ea es many oppo uni ies. The Ne Ze o DRI Scoping S udy (he ea e
“ he scoping s udy”) commissioned by NERC and led by he Cen e o En i onmen al
Da a Analysis (CEDA) encoun e ed and bene i ed om he en husiasm and
commi men o many con ibu o s who had a sha ed goal (Juckes e al, 2023). A
weal h o de ailed ecommenda ions was p o ided on opics anging om indi idual
ne ze o plans o he supply chain o compu e ha dwa e. The ecommended ac ions
we e spli in o h ee deli e y pa hways: hose o be implemen ed by UKRI, hose ha
equi e pa ne ship, and hose ha should be ackled by he communi y. Ne DRIVE is
i mly in he pa ne ship elemen and will wo k closely wi h NERC and UKRI o
es ablish how hese ecommenda ions can be ansla ed in o ac ion. A sense o
disempowe men was also iden i ied as a ba ie o change ac oss he communi y.
Ne DRIVE will wo k wi h UKRI, s akeholde s and he use communi ies o achie e
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cla i y on whe e people can ake e ec i e ac ion and how hey can be incen i ised and
mo i a ed o do so.
Building on he scoping s udy, Ne DRIVE will:
• Deli e immedia e and angible p og ess o Ne Ze o DRI h ough ac ionable
ad ice o UKRI and he UKRI DRI communi y.
• P o ide na ional and in e na ional hough leade ship on he ansi ion o
sus ainable DRI.
• Build us and con idence in ou ansi ion o a sus ainable DRI by 2040 o
soone .
Au ho i y and Au hen ici y
Ne DRIVE will de elop au ho i y h ough an open p ocess ha welcomes and lea ns
om challenges and he di e si y o he Ne DRIVE membe ship.
Au hen ici y is linked o ou commi men o deli e on socie al goals which go beyond
scien i ic and echnological achie emen s. I is impo an o unde s and and be
anspa en abou he bounda ies o scien i ic in es iga ion. Scien i ic indings abou
he g a e isks ha a ise om con inued emissions o g eenhouse gasses mo i a e ne
ze o goals, bu UK and UKRI decisions on he ansi ion away om ossil uels a e
based on ou alues, alues ha we need o be clea and open abou . We belie e ha
he g a i y and imminence o he isk posed by clima e change o cu en and u u e
gene a ions demands an immedia e and e ec i e esponse.
Ad ice and Guidance
Ne DRIVE will deli e ac ionable ad ice and guidance o UKRI h ough consolida ed
epo s and sha e knowledge ac oss he academic communi y h ough a ange o
engagemen ac i i ies. The ad ice and guidance will be backed by a combina ion o
academic igou and comp ehensi e communi y engagemen . Knowledge ansla ion
planning will ensu e ha he ad ice and guidance is no jus dissemina ed bu
ansla ed in o a o m ha mee s s akeholde needs he eby na owing he gap
be ween esea ch and p ac ice.
Ne DRIVE Themes
Ne DRIVE ensu es comp ehensi e co e age by wo king on ou pa allel hemes
( igu e 1) which span echnical and beha iou al aspec s o he ans o ma ional
challenge ha we ace. Two hemes encompass di e en elemen s o he echnical
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challenges: one e ol ing a ound machine ooms and ha dwa e (including ha dwa e
in small se e ooms and connec ed de ices such as lap ops) and he o he a ound
so wa e and algo i hms. Ano he wo hemes span beha iou al issues, one aligned
wi h o ganisa ional challenges and he o he wi h pe sonal mo i a ion. The e a e
p oblems which cu ac oss hemes, and he bounda ies may be uzzy, bu his
app oach has p o ed i sel by ocussing discussion du ing s age 1 o Ne DRIVE. The
ou hemes a e se ou in mo e de ail below.
Figu e 1: The Ne DRIVE Themes
Machine oom and ha dwa e
Amazing gains in compu a ional powe and capaci y a e being deli e ed h ough
ad ances in echnology which also d i e inc eases in complexi y o ha dwa e and
associa ed supply chains. We need o b ing sus ainabili y o he o e on o he
managemen o ou in as uc u e. Full and au ho i a i e li e cycle analysis o
in as uc u e will be needed, including e ec i e measu emen and managemen o
impac s du ing he use phase, clea con ac s and condi ionali ies o de elop a low
ca bon supply chain du ing p ocu emen , and clea end-o -li e planning o
ha dwa e. Lea nings om high end compu e can be passed h ough o lowe end
communi y usage.
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P oposals o Communi y P ojec s, Wo king G oups, Task Fo ces, and Focus Mee ings
will include a publishable summa y and ision based on p e- egis a ion p inciples
(e.g. Open Science Founda ion; Nosek e al., 2018) o p omo e anspa ency and
openness in esea ch. The publishable summa ies will be ad e ised on he Ne DRIVE
web si e and dissemina ed h ough app op ia e po als such as he Open Science
Founda ion.
WP2: Champions o Sus ainable Resea ch Compu ing
The champions will be appoin ed h ough a compe i i e awa d p ocess which will be
open o all ca ee s ages and will be alloca ed o ensu e balanced suppo is p o ided
o ac oss he ou Ne DRIVE hemes. Ea ly-ca ee champions will be p o ided wi h
suppo and men o ship om wi hin he Ne wo k enabling hem o de elop skills
necessa y o become u u e leade s.
Task 2.1 Ad ice and Guidance
Champions will p o ide leade ship and wo k collec i ely wi h he co e eam o se he
ision and di ec ion o communi y ac i i ies ac oss he Ne DRIVE hemes and
b ead h o UKRI ac i i y. Wo king closely wi h he communi y ac i i ies o ene gise,
mo i a e and lead echnical e iew o ou pu s, and wi h he ne wo k o inspi a ion
and sc u iny, he champions will syn hesise and p esen ac ionable ad ice o UKRI
and UKRI DRI s akeholde s h ough epo s, ecommenda ions, and ace o ace
mee ings. They will e iew knowledge ansla ion plans om communi y p ojec s.
Task 2.2 Ou each, Dissemina ion and Engagemen
Champions will play a c i ical ole in p esen ing Ne DRIVE wo k o s akeholde s and
he wide UKRI communi y h ough engagemen in ela ed ne wo ks, p ojec s, and
ins i u ional ac i i ies.
WP3: Ne wo k o T ans o ma ion Change
The Ne wo k will p o ide a o um o hough leade ship wi hin which c ea i e
hinke s om ac oss he spec um o DRI use s and manage s can sha e and de elop
ideas o deli e he ansi ion o ne ze o. Ne wo k membe s will b ing wisdom and
expe ise om ac oss he academic communi y, DRI acili ies and ex e nal
s akeholde s.
Task 3.1 Ne wo k ec ui men
The Ne wo k membe ship mus ep esen a b oad ange o expe ise and expe ience
wi h a a ge membe ship o 150 people. The en isaged ne wo k will be composed o
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nomina ed key s akeholde s, communi y membe s ec ui ed h ough an open call and
in i ed in e na ional domain specialis s. By design, he p o essional, o ganisa ional,
academic, and geog aphical di e si y o he UKRI DRI communi y, and he socie al
di e si y, including age, gende , and e hnici y will be ep esen ed. Membe ship will
include ep esen a ion om he p i a e sec o as well as om all pa s o UKRI.
Ta ge ed ec ui men ac i i ies will be used o mi iga e and di e si y issues a e
ini ial ec ui men , wi h capaci y building exe cises i needed. In pa icula
s akeholde mapping unde aken as pa o he knowledge ansla ion amewo k
along wi h iden i ica ion o exis ing g oups and ac i i ies (e.g. indus y bodies,
exis ing UKRI DRI ac i i ies, he Wellcome T us , and signa o ies o he Conco da o
he En i onmen al Sus ainabili y o Resea ch and Inno a ion P ac ice and endo se s
o he Heidelbe g Ag eemen on En i onmen al Sus ainabili y in Resea ch Funding)
will enable a ge ed calls o ac ion and engagemen s a egies o be de ised o in ol e
hese communi ies wi h Ne DRIVE ac i i ies and ep esen hem wi hin he ne wo k.
Task 3.2 Ne wo k delega e ac i i ies
Th ough an online discussion o um and mon hly d op-in mee ings, pe sonal
insigh s will be sha ed and iewpoin s challenged o alida ed as app op ia e.
Discussion poin s will be in o med by communi y ac i i ies and eme ging ques ions.
Ne wo k membe s will be able o u he exp ess hei iews by pa icipa ion in
wo king g oups, ask o ces and ocus mee ings. New pa ne ships and collabo a ions
will be o ged. To p omo e open and ee discussion he Cha ham House Rule will
apply o all discussions and con lic s o in e es clea ly decla ed. Du ing qua e ly
p og ess mee ings exis ing discussions will be e iewed and o mula ed in o key
lea nings and ou comes which will hen be o mally u ned in o ad ice and
ecommenda ions du ing he in-pe son 2-day Annual Gene al Assembly o he
ne wo k.
WP4: Communi y Ac i i ies
Communi y ac i i ies b ing esponsi eness and p omo e knowledge exchange ac oss
he b oad and di e se DRI communi y. New ideas o ealise change will be de eloped
and es ed in communi y p ojec s, in-dep h epo s on eme ging p io i ies p oduced
by di e se wo king g oups and a ge ed discussion in o opical issues ealised h ough
ocus g oups.
Task 4.1: Communi y P ojec s
Communi y p ojec s will enable lexible de elopmen o new ideas, esou ces, and
guidance. P ojec s will be p o ided wi h unds h ough open calls and p oposals will
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be e alua ed by a e iew panel based on excellence, i o objec i es, and abili y o
deli e . Each unded p ojec will p oduce ecommenda ion o ad ice and one o mo e
epo s on ac i i ies unde aken (e.g. echnical epo s, mee ing epo s, su ey
analysis). Communi y p ojec s will also p oduce Knowledge T ansla ion Plans (KTPs),
de ising bespoke calls o ac ion o s akeholde s based on hei ou pu s. These KTPs
will be e iewed and ac ioned by he in eg a ion lead.
Ini ia ion Communi y P ojec s
Following eedback om he s age 1 consul a ions, ini ial communi y p ojec s a e
planned o launch in he i s qua e :
• CP1.1 T aining/summe school o DRI use s o add ess a skills gap iden i ied
in s age 1 communi y mee ings. This p ojec di ec ly suppo s Ne DRIVE Aim 3,
addi ionally c ea ing a las ing esou ce o aining ma e ial o use beyond
Ne DRIVE and will likely educe he numbe o ailed simula ions going
o wa ds.
• CP1.2 Ene gy sa ings h ough uning ha dwa e con igu a ion o educe powe
consump ion wi hou a ec ing h oughpu on a ange o pla o ms. This
p ojec di ec ly suppo s Ne DRIVE Aim 1.
• CP1.3 Guide o bes p ac ice and exis ing ools o p o ide he communi y wi h
clea and p ac ical ad ice, empowe ing indi iduals by p o iding hem wi h he
necessa y in o ma ion o ake ac ion h ough e ec i e knowledge engagemen
s a egies. Links o he summe school, CP1.1 will be s ongly encou aged. This
di ec ly suppo s Ne DRIVE Aims 1, 2 and 3 and will suppo he de elopmen o
communi y s anda ds.
• CP1.4 S a us snapsho on communi y eadiness p o iding a baseline measu e
o communi y usage, eadiness, and con idence om which o measu e
p og ess. This should include p o iling how use s om ac oss he ull b ead h
o UKRI ypically in e ac wi h DRI, hei awa eness o need o change and how
hey can ac along wi h wha mo i a es hem. This p ojec di ec ly suppo s
Ne DRIVE Aims 1 and 3.
Two u he calls o communi y p ojec s will be made h oughou he cou se o
Ne DRIVE o make p og ess owa ds he aims and objec i es o he p ojec . These calls
will be consis en wi h he pa hway o sus ainabili y ou lined in he heo y-o -change and
will be in o med by ou comes om he Ne Ze o DRI Scoping P ojec , p o iding a
ehicle o suppo implemen a ion o exis ing ecommenda ions as well as eme ging
needs iden i ied by he Ne wo k.
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Task 4.2: Focus Mee ings
Following he success ul s age 1 app oach, he lexible und will suppo a se ies o
ocus mee ings o ne wo k membe s. These mee ings will be hyb id o online. The
hyb id app oach will ealise he bene i s o in-pe son engagemen a a ange o
loca ions a ound he UK.
An ini ial ocus mee ing will be held in London o engage wi h he policy communi y
and ini ia e wo k on an e hical amewo k. Focus mee ings wi h s akeholde s
including indus y bodies will be a anged o engage he comme cial sec o wi h
Ne DRIVE ac i i ies.
Mee ings will combine a selec ion o in i ed speake s o s imula e discussion,
ques ions and discussion opics posed by he P ojec Ope a ions Team (see
Go e nance), and b eakou sessions o allow all delega es o pa icipa e in de ailed
discussion. Consolida ed ou pu om he mee ings will be openly published as a
Ne DRIVE ac i i y epo (see Repo sub-sec ion below) complian wi h he Cha ham
House Rule.
Task 4.3: Wo king G oups and Task Fo ces
Wo king g oups will p o ide in-dep h epo s on opics o in e es iden i ied by he
Ne wo k. These will be openly published as Ne DRIVE ac i i y epo s. The wo king
g oup will consis o an elec ed chai and selec ed delega es om he ne wo k wi h
addi ional in i ed expe s o ill gaps in di e si y o expe ise. The chai will be
esponsible o se ing agendas and leading mee ings, suppo ed by champions and
he co e eam. Funds will co e mee ing expenses and suppo om he champions
and co e eam. Delega es will be expec ed o de o e se e al days o ime o co e
p epa a ion, a endance o mee ings and e iew o ou comes.
Task o ces will be c ea ed o a eas ha need mo e de ailed in es iga ion and
con ibu ions om a ange o ins i u ions wi h a sha ed in e es . Funds will co e
mee ing expenses and suppo om he champions and co e eam. Membe s will be
expec ed o alloca e a egula ime commi men (e.g. 1-4 days pe mon h) o e an
ex ended pe iod. Ini ial membe s will be ec ui ed om he ne wo k.
Ini ia ion Wo king G oups
Two wo king g oups will be es ablished in he i s qua e o deal wi h c i ical issues
aised in he call and he S age 1 wo kshops: sus ainabili y o he Ne DRIVE ou comes
and moni o ing p og ess. One o hese will ocus on e hical issues and aspec s o
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wo k o ce well-being, he o he will look a p ac ical measu es o p og ess o ne ze o
and po en ial impac on esea ch h oughpu .
Wo king G oup on E hics and Sus ainable P og ess o Ne Ze o (WGESP)
“.... we need o measu e he human impac and use his o e alua e how
we manage change” (CIPD, 2024)
WGESP will de elop an e hical amewo k o ans o ma ional change by e iewing
exis ing amewo ks o e hics and exploi ing su ey esul s o analyse he human
impac o changes impac ing on he DRI.
The WGESP will consis o app oxima ely 10 people who be ween hem will ep esen
he di e si y o pe spec i es and expe iences o ad ise on he ull b ead h o Ne DRIVE
ac i i ies.
Wo king G oup on Moni o ing and Repo ing (WGMAR)
WGMAR will de elop a amewo k o moni o ing and epo ing on communi y
p og ess owa ds ne ze o implemen a ion, wo king wi h he communi y p ojec
unded o un an annual su ey. This will p o ide essen ial in o ma ion on he
p ac ical success o ac ions in oduced by Ne DRIVE in e ms o measu able o
in e ed impac on emissions.
WGMAR will also in es iga e op ions o moni o ing and epo ing on he impac o
ne ze o ac i i ies on esea ch excellence and h oughpu .
The Ne DRIVE aims, objec i es and how expec ed ou pu s o m ini ial ac i i ies map
on o hem is summa ised in igu e 4.
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Figu e 4: Mapping ini ial communi y ac i i y ou pu s o aims and objec i es
Miles ones
Fi s qua e
• Miles one 1: Ini ia ion, including (a) Launch ec ui men o In eg a ion Lead;
(b) Open egis a ion o policy mee ing in London; (c) Open applica ion
p ocess o ne wo k; (d) ag ee schedule o ound 1 o communi y p ojec
unding.
• Miles one 2: Fi s s eps (a) In i a ion o an online discussion o ound 1 o
communi y p ojec unding; (b) Ag ee e ms o WGESP, (c) hold and epo on
policy mee ing, (d) Schedule Ox o d ocus mee ing, (e) Schedule online
ne wo k mee ing
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• Miles one 3: Ne wo k Ini ia ion: ec ui ing delega es and con ening he i s
AGM.
• Miles one 4: Fi s call o Communi y Ac i i ies and ini ial p og ess epo s.
• Miles one 5: P ojec Repo ing: Including a e iew o Scoping s udy oadmap
ac ions and ecommenda ions (conduc ed wi h UKRI and he Ne wo k), an
annual epo om he champions, E hics Guidance o Ne Ze o DRI, and a
budge e iew.
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Full P ojec
• Miles one 6 [M25]: Consolida ed Repo , including e iew o Communi y
Ac i i ies, p og ess epo , su ey, and me ics, and sus aining he
ans o ma ion o ne ze o.
• Miles one 7 [M37]: Consolida ed Repo , including e iew o Communi y
Ac i i ies, p og ess epo , su ey and me ics, and inal ecommenda ions.
In addi ion, he co-coo dina o s and G an Manage will deli e mon hly p ojec
upda es and an annual inance e iew o NERC and he p og amme boa d.
3. Go e nance
The go e nance and managemen bodies a e shown in Figu e 5 and lis ed below.
NERC P ojec Boa d
The P ojec Boa d con ened by NERC will p o ide gene al o e sigh o he p ojec and
ensu e ha i aligns wi h NERC and UKRO equi emen s.
P ojec Execu i e G oup
The PEG will epo on p ojec p ocess o NERC and will be esponsible o o e all
managemen o he p ojec . The PEG will be made up o he co-coo dina o s, p ojec
manage , in eg a ion lead. They will mee weekly and coo dina e inalisa ion o
epo s o he NERC P ojec Boa d. Mee ings will be online o in pe son. Mee ing
ou comes will be published on an in e nal p ojec o um and, whe e app op ia e,
publicly. Obse e s may be in i ed om he champions.
In addi ion o he PEG he e will be wo au onomous bodies, he Re iew Panel and he
Ne wo k AGM, which a e empowe ed o make decisions independen ly o he PEG, and
wo subsidia y bodies which will eed in o he PEG: he ope a ions eam and he
communi y leade ship eam.
Sel -moni o ing will be ein o ced by unding an independen communi y p ojec o
un su eys wi h me ics o p ojec p og ess. The PEG will es ablish a
communica ions s a egy o p omo e pa ne ships bo h wi hin and beyond academia.
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Figu e 5: Go e nance S uc u e
Re iew Panel
A e iew panel will be es ablished o assess applica ions o communi y p ojec s and
champion awa ds.
The panel will be chai ed by Fe gus McDonald (DARE UK/HDR UK). Panel guidance
will be de eloped by he chai and co e eam. The panel will e iew p oposals and
discuss sco es in an online mee ing. P oposals will be assessed on:
• Excellence: A e he p oposed ac i i ies going o ex end ou knowledge in
su p ising and unexpec ed ways? A e hey b inging new c ea i i y o he ask?
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• Fi o Objec i es: does he p oposed wo k add ess he objec i es o he
Ne DRIVE and any addi ional objec i es speci ied o he call?
• Abili y o Deli e : is he e a well-conside ed and obus plan o deli e he
p ojec on ime and on budge ? A e cos s app op ia e?
Ne wo k Gene al Assembly
The e will be an annual Gene al Assembly (GA) o he Ne wo k a which he ne wo k
may o e on p oposals including esolu ions and ecommenda ions o he p ojec o
o UKRI. P oposals o discussion and o ing should be ci cula ed wo weeks ahead o
a GA. I needed, an excep ional GA may be called wi h 4-weeks' no ice and held online.
P ojec Ope a ions Team (POT)
The POT, made up o champions, co e eam, and nomina ed ep esen a i es om he
ne wo k, will mee mon hly. The POT will e iew p ojec isks and e iew he ou pu s
o communi y p ojec s.
Communi y Leade ship Team (CLT)
Leade s o communi y ac i i ies and delega es om he ne wo k will mee o p omo e
knowledge exchange be ween communi y ac i i ies, ecommend new communi y
ac i i ies and build communi y engagemen as well as syn hesise c oss communi y
ac i i y o inclusion in ecommenda ions and epo s. This g oup will wo k wi h he
in eg a ion lead o gene a e ailo ed messages and calls o ac ion o speci ic
s akeholde s ollowing knowledge ansla ion planning. The CLT will mee wi h he
POT qua e ly o exchange and moni o p og ess owa ds aims and objec i es h ough
he heo y-o -change and sha e knowledge ansla ion plans o p ojec ou pu s.
4. E hics and esponsible esea ch and
inno a ion (RRI)
The Ne DRIVE Te ms o Re e ence (ToR) will se ou expec a ions o membe s,
co e ing con lic s o in e es , con iden iali y, and he Cha ham House Rule o
Ne wo k mee ings. Unde he Cha ham House Rule pa icipan s will be ee o use he
in o ma ion ecei ed, bu nei he he iden i y no he a ilia ion o he speake (s), no
ha o any o he pa icipan , may be e ealed. This will acili a e open and e ec i e
discussion o sensi i e opics. Some mee ings may be con iden ial i he e a e speci ic
equi emen s om UKRI o o he s akeholde s.
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Da a p o ec ion will ollow Ox o d Uni e si y policy.
Ne DRIVE membe s will be equi ed o decla e any pe sonal, p i a e, o comme cial
in e es s ha migh con lic wi h hei abili y o p o ide impa ial ad ice a he
ea lies oppo uni y. Once decla ed, app op ia e ac ion will be ag eed wi h he co e
eam and Ne wo k co-chai s. This may include wi hd awal om any discussion o
opics in which hey ha e such an in e es . All business o he Ne wo k will be guided
by UKRI’s policy on Con lic o In e es s as w i en in o he ToR. Membe s shall ag ee
o ac hones ly, wi h in eg i y and conduc hemsel es in acco dance wi h he UKRI
code o conduc de ailed in he Con lic s o In e es policy, which is unde pinned by
he Se en P inciples o Public Li e.
Annual ec ui men o ne wo k membe s ia an open call will ollow a clea and
anspa en p ocess. The Ne wo k membe ship mus ep esen a b oad ange o
expe ise and expe ience and collec i ely mee he di e si y equi emen s laid ou in
s age 1 which include p o ec ed cha ac e is ics and addi ional equi emen s imposed
o enhance ep esen i i y (see App oach, Task 3.1).
The G an Manage will anonymise, moni o and epo on di e si y and communi y
me ics o Ne wo k e en s. Mi iga ion ac ions will be o mula ed and discussed wi h
he co-coo dina o s. To build anspa ency, us and au ho i y he WGMAR will
moni o bo h communi y p og ess owa ds ne ze o implemen a ion and he
Ne DRIVE p ojec ca bon oo p in .
S age 1 consul a ions ein o ced he impo ance o e hical and RRI p o ocols and
p ac ices ela ed o he DRI. The WGESP will suppo he DRI communi y by p oducing
open access guidance documen a ion and a go e nance amewo k ha inco po a es
(Leslie, 2019):
• The impac s o new DRI policies on a ec ed s akeholde s and use
communi ies.
• The ai ness o DRI changes, i.e. how indi iduals, social g oups and
communi ies may be disc imina ed agains ollowing adop ion o
ecommenda ions and how hese can be mi iga ed agains .
• The us wo hiness o DRI changes whe e he sa e y, accu acy, eliabili y,
secu i y, and obus ness ha e been conside ed.
• How jus i iable he DRI changes a e, by p omo ing anspa ency and
in e p e abili y o decisions and beha iou s associa ed wi h he p oposed
changes.
