UNIWeb users can tag research interests, or areas of research expertise in their public profiles. These tags reveal the implicit connections that exist on campus, as researchers find others with the same interests, and are categorized under larger clusters of research expertise.

1. Creating
clusters of
expertise

2. Stepping outside of traditional research silos,
and creating clusters of research expertise
Research clusters
Research themes are an integral
part of UNIWeb’s system for
building research networks and
clusters. The research themes in
UNIWeb are based on the
standard set by the Research
Classification System from the
Canadian Common Curriculum
Vitae. This is over 2,000
research areas already
established into a hierarchy.
Tagging research interests
UNIWeb profiles provide
researchers with a platform to list
their research interests, and to find
which other researchers at their
institutions are doing similar work.
This unique and efficient method
of leveraging the full potential for
collaboration that a network has to
offer also categorizes researchers
into different clusters of expertise.

3. 1.
Creating research
clusters
Unveiling a network’s expertise

4. Accessing a network’s research network through a
unique lens.
◎ UNIWeb clusters organize researchers
according to their areas of research interest,
which are based on the tags in their profile.
◎ When an external or internal collaborator
wishes to find a researcher with a specific
expertise, they would begin their search with
the research area first, and then find the
researcher - wherever their faculty or
department may be.

5. Smart clusters of
research expertise
Filter your selection of
researchers by sub-theme
Filter your selection of
researchers by academic unit
Find professors, graduate
students and other
researchers under this cluster

6. 2.
Tagging research
interests
Collaborating with colleagues on
campus, or within your
association

7. A researcher’s UNIWeb profile connects them
with colleagues they haven’t met
◎ When a researcher tags a research interest, it
not only places them within a cluster of
research expertise, but it also connects them
with other researchers who have the same tag.
◎ With two clicks, researchers will find local
colleagues with whom they can collaborate.

8. Tagging research interest in your profile Tagged research
interests
Research
description and
work
Research
connections, based
on research
interests

9. Pinpointing
expertise
Begins with starting at
the right place

10. Starting with
the subject
Finishing with
the expert

11. Thank you!
Any questions?
Phillip Desjardins
1-613-627-3029
@Proximify
phil@proximify.ca