ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, interdisciplinary cluster hiring programs have become popular on research university campuses as an approach to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. These programs have not yet been rigorously evaluated across multiple institutions and multiple thematic fields. The paper reports the results of a survey of 199 cluster hires across 20 research universities, supplemented by interviews with 18 administrators and cluster leads at nine universities. Against the expectation of advocates, the survey responses indicate that cluster hire groups are often loosely organized and members do not typically spend much time collaborating with others in their group. Both the existence of common research agendas and the participation of individuals capable of translating across disciplinary languages are associated with higher levels of satisfaction with the collaborative environment of clusters, net of covariates, as are adequate lab spaces. Even if they do not typically lead to high levels of collaboration, clusters can, in the best case scenarios, help universities to align with emerging research areas in ways that departments may have difficulty doing.

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美国研究型大学的跨学科集群招聘计划：稻草比砖多？

摘要 在过去的三年中，跨学科集群招聘计划在研究型大学校园中变得流行，作为促进跨学科合作的一种方法。这些项目尚未经过多个机构和多个主题领域的严格评估。该论文报告了对 20 所研究型大学的 199 名集群雇员的调查结果，并辅以对 9 所大学的 18 名管理员和集群负责人的采访。与倡导者的期望相反，调查结果表明集群雇佣小组通常组织松散，成员通常不会花太多时间与小组中的其他人合作。共同研究议程的存在和能够跨学科语言翻译的个人的参与都与对集群协作环境、协变量网以及充足的实验室空间的更高满意度相关。即使它们通常不会导致高水平的协作，但在最好的情况下，集群可以帮助大学以部门可能难以做到的方式与新兴研究领域保持一致。