Inclusive Futures of Federated Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI). A Scoping Review of Cultural Challenges to Federation

This scoping review maps existing research on the cultural dimensions of the digital transformation of research, paying particular attention to how large-scale computing resources are reshaping contemporary data regimes and reconfiguring practices, values and imaginaries. Drawing upon the PRISMA scoping review framework (Tricco et al., 2018), five themes have been thematically identified from the selected literature: 1) Disciplinary silos; 2) Epistemic diversity; 3) Trust and control; 4) Resistance; 5) Power asymmetries. We conclude this review by discussing the gaps in the literature, the notion of inclusiveness deployed, and the implications for the national federation of DRIs.