Some of the most interesting recent academic work has come out of adversarial collaborations, e.g. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1529100623116317

Some of the most interesting recent academic work has come out of adversarial collaborations, e.g. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15291006231163179 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/152910062311631... The list of research projects on this website looks fascinating. Hope that these kinds of projects continue to get funded.