[CPWG] ALAC Advice

Tue Jun 15 05:44:16 UTC 2021

Dear all,

As an academic who does empirical (survey) research, I would like to note that running large, international studies (to ensure diversity and sufficiently high n) is far from cheap. Questions need to be set, translated, verified, etc. Usually, there are costs associated with fielding surveys, etc. A recent study I was involved in was similar in some ways; dozens of authors, many grants, etc. My “sub team" spent significant resources on running the survey in one country.

While I truly think doing such barometer surveys would be important to figure out people’s preferences, a significant budget is needed to set things up and keep this going. Unfortunately, this is not something that academics can achieve without considerable, long-term grants.

In short, academics would likely be interested but lack the resources to conduct research at the scale and geographical diversity required.

All the best
Laurin

> On Jun 15, 2021, at 01:00, Jonathan Zuck via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
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> Definitely the first step
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> From: CPWG <cpwg-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Maureen Hilyard via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 5:38:55 PM
> To: Roberto Gaetano <mail.roberto.gaetano at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [CPWG] ALAC Advice
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> I agree Roberto. When all is said and done, they are the researchers.. and Jonathan is keen to give the task to people who know what they are doing.
> But  then, it takes us right back to the beginning of our discussion on the topic when Alejandro asked us to ensure we know what we want to ask.
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> M
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> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 9:35 AM Roberto Gaetano <mail.roberto.gaetano at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am wondering if we could approach the problem from the other end.
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> If we know what are the questions to ask, we could approach academia to work together. I am working under the assumption that (some) academia would like to have a practical case to work on rather than work on abstract business cases.
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> On top of that, we have, if I understand correctly, also some budget for financing research - once we have discussed and agreed what are the questions to ask.
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> Cheers,
> R.
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>> On 14.06.2021, at 23:06, Eduardo Diaz via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
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>> Valid point Maurren! Part of the work that we should do is research the researches and see where we can find synergies.
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>> -ed
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>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 4:56 PM Maureen Hilyard via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
>> Hi Yrjo
>> Im sure universities are researching enduser issues, but are they the questions that we would ask of endusers - when their purpose is more academic?
>> M
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>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 8:09 AM Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On 14. Jun 2021, at 22.03, Maureen Hilyard via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
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>>> This is where I think our research needs to be directed - getting the views of endusers who dont yet know about ICANN and can give us feedback that would be more relevant for us to focus on
>>   —
>> This sort of research  of end-user problems, needs and wishes is being done, I’m sure, at universities here and there around the world. ALS’s could be our net for catching  results that are relevant to the ICANN mission.
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>> Best,
>>
>> Yrjö
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