( despite what tony thought at various points, gwenaëlle has never been a member of the research division. however, very much relevant and related to tony occasionally assuming that one's basically his anyway, she does have a history of sticking her oar into work that interests her, or cajoling nerds into sharing their resources so that she can try something deranged and potentially politically explosive—

which is why she can confidently answer: )

As far as I know there's really one way, but you'd clear it with the Provost first, submit the work for review and permission,

( and sometimes the nerds go rogue and they ask forgiveness instead of permission, but she's relatively sure the paperwork had been introduced to slightly curb those impulses, you can probably do the insane thing, but we do need records, especially if anything does go wrong. especially if it doesn't!

gwenaëlle has been party to both ways. no regrets. )

Get volunteers. Some people are more amenable than others to experimental research, mind you, once or twice annually there's a dust up about it, but we don't gain anything by sticking our fingers in our ears, so—

( she is on the side of advancement. every day thedas should be grateful this is what she's committed that curiosity to, instead of the many other ways she could have made it everyone's problem. )