How We Work
The Developing Belief Network team consists of close to 100 researchers, comprised of over 40 primary researchers (faculty and postdoctoral scholars) and including research assistants, staff, and students from more than 24 universities around the world. We follow the best practices of open science and team science.
Lead PIs steer the network at the highest level.
Our Lead PIs identify potential topics of study, secure funding and administering grants, select research teams to be part of the network, convene network-wide meetings, and guide the network through the challenges and rewards of collaborative research.
Lead PI
University of California, Riverside
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Lead PI
Boston University
Postdoctoral Project Director
University of California, Riverside
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Associate Project Director
Boston University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate​
University of California, Riverside
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
Boston University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate​​​
Boston University
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Research Administrator
University of California, Riverside
The Core Leadership Team facilitates our iterative and collaborative approach to large-scale, multi-site, culturally-informed research.
The Core Leadership Team develops and implements network-wide guidelines for:
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Collaboration (e.g. authorship guidelines)
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Centralized and standard processes for research protocols, data-cleaning, data storage and sharing, transcription, and coding of participants’ responses.
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This team convenes regular meetings with Fieldsite PIs and research teams to:
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Develop and refine new research questions
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Design research protocols
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Provide oversight, guidance, and support for data collection
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Provide financial oversight and administration for grant awards. ​​
Field Site PIs lead research teams and implement DBN research protocols in specific cultural and geographic settings.
Field Site PIs:
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Consult with cultural experts and community members
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Translate and adapt research protocols
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Lead data collection efforts in the field.
Field Site PIs and research teams also:
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Play a primary role in developing and refining research questions and research protocols for the network
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Meet regularly with the Lead PIs and Core Leadership Team to discuss the goals of the network and designing protocols to address those goals.
College of the Holy Cross
American University of Beirut
Harvard University
University of Nottingham
National Tsing Hua University
Northeastern University
Boston University
Cornell University
Queen's University Belfast
University of California, Riverside
Arizona State University
Bar-Illan University
University of the Witwatersrand
Queen's University Belfast
University of Queensland
Boston University
University of California, Santa Barbara
Worcester State University
University of Patras
Duke University
Cornell University
University of Patras
University of Queensland
University of California, Riverside
Boston University
Pacific Lutheran University
University of Patras
University of California, Berkeley
Boston University
University College Dublin
Nanyang Technological University
East China Normal University​
New York University
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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ResearchWell
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Pennsylvania State University
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Harvard University Graduate School of Education
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Boston University
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University of Texas at Austin
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The Advisory Board consists of senior faculty members external to the network who advise the Lead PIs and Core Leadership Team.
Advisory Board Members advise the Lead PIs and Core Leadership Team on the many challenges inherent to large-scale, multi-site, culturally informed research, such as:
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How to design clear and equitable authorship and data sharing policies and procedures
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How to adapt research protocols for use in such a diverse range of cultural settings.
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Advisory Board Members were also actively involved during the initial fieldsite selection and subaward process.