"People thought that we would be competing with each other," Singer said.
"The common wisdom around the country is that Harvard is a very competitive environment," Willett added.
Murphy said a cooperative relationship like Singer and Willett's is rare in the academic environment, where most professors compete with each other for tenured positions.
"The norms and the values of the academy are you are rewarded for individual work," Murphy said. "Often there is a fear that unless you have your name by yourself on a piece of work, that you won't get the credit that you're due."
Murphy said he is attempting to encourage more professors to work together at GSE.
"The idea is to try to get faculty to think that they have a responsibility to think of how the school as a corporate entity can move forward," Murphy said.
The co-deans agreed with Murphy's policy.
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