EBRAINS Interact

EBRAINS Interact provides practical frameworks, tools, and guidance that support online communication, shared understanding, decision making, conflict resolution, and effective cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Why Professionalising Personal Interactions with EBRAINS Interact?

We often jump into collaborations assuming we have a shared understanding of what needs to be done and how to communicate with each other. However, this frequently leads to misunderstandings and conflicts. EBRAINS Interact offers structured approaches to:

Build strong, inclusive teams from the start
Navigate cultural and disciplinary differences
Establish clear communication norms
Resolve conflicts constructively
Maintain healthy collaborative relationships over time

These guidelines and communcation techniques are designed to work across different disciplines, cultures, and time zones — whether you’re joining a team individually or building a new collaborative space together.

What Makes EBRAINS Interact Different?

While our tools and services provide us with Collaboration Tools (EBRAINS GitLab, Forms, Notes, Lab, Chat) EBRAINS Interact focuses on the practices you can apply to make collaboration effective and inclusive.

Think of it this way:

Collaboration Tools: The platforms (what you use)

EBRAINS Interact: The practices (how you use them effectively)

What You’ll Find Here

Grounded in European Values

EBRAINS Interact is built on European principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EEEDI), and aligns with:

Getting Started

Whether you’re:

Joining an existing team: Start with Team Onboarding to understand how to introduce yourself and integrate effectively
Starting a new project: Follow the complete Team Onboarding process to establish strong foundations
Experiencing challenges: Go directly to Conflict Resolution for immediate guidance
Leading a team: Review all sections to implement comprehensive collaborative practices