Hathaway, Tanya and Rao, Namrata (2026) An Ecosystem for collaborative writing in academia: What initiaties and sustains it? In: Writing Partnerships in Higher EducationA Guide for Academics and HE Professionals. Routledge. ISBN 9781032562629
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This chapter is an autobiographical account of the experiences of two academics who established a productive writing partnership connected by their shared academic aspirations which flourished despite being disconnected by the geographical barriers imposed by being based in separate continents. In this reflection, we explore our shared writing experience by using a model collaborative writing - Ecosystem for Collaborative Writing Partnerships (Jones, 2023) which unpacks the aspects which have been key to our sustained writing partnership. Central to this partnership model were the elements – Engage, Enable and Emerge – which we exemplify by sharing our collaborative writing experience.
Engage charts our initial engagement as colleagues working as lecturers in the same HE institution in the UK and subsequently as peers who were working in different universities, based in different continents. We explore the push and pull factors which laid the early foundations for a strong and productive relationship based on collegiality and trust which blossomed into friendship. Enable explores the critical elements of our peer-peer dyad which fostered our emergent collaboration, and which led to a meaningful and sustainable writing partnership. We consider the opportunities offered, by what initially appeared disconnecting geographical barriers, to develop a comparative study in higher education. Finally, Emerge brings to light the affordances of writing together and the possibilities afforded to develop publishable research by our shared pool of resources. Each had different experiences which translated to strengths, and both were content to apportion tasks to the other at times. We highlight the value of our dialogic approach – an ongoing dialogue of openness and reassurance - which fostered the friendship and trust which was critical to our enacting the successful writing collaboration (Abma et al., 2001).
We conclude with offering insights and recommendations for readers seeking to establish their own ecosystems for their writing collaborations.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Writing partnerships |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| SWORD Depositor: | RISE Symplectic |
| Depositing User: | RISE Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2026 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2026 12:50 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4953 |
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