Interdisciplinary research ‘being stifled’

It's not easy being interdisciplinary.

It is no surprise that in a world dominated by business models and bottom lines that talk of interdisciplinarity is on the rise in science, as we are increasingly encouraged to be innovative through collaboration that ‘leverages’, ‘exploits’, and ‘optimizes’ resources. If you have not already heard these words around your workplace, you probably soon will. In fact, interdisciplinarity is now be...

Alberta's new health research paradigms: Are graduate students being prepared for interdisciplinary team research?

Strategic prioritization of research agendas to address health problems with a large social and economic burden has increased the demand for interdisciplinary research. Universities have addressed the need for interdisciplinary research in their strategic documents. However, research training to equip graduates for careers in interdisciplinary research teams has not kept pace. We offer recommen...

The Interdisciplinary Research Process

This book provides case studies of the performance of interdisciplinary research. It is hoped that these case studies will prove instructive both to students and other scholars as they perform interdisciplinary research. This introductory chapter does not provide a detailed overview of these case studies: Brief descriptions of each chapter are provided in the Preface, and a discussion of lesson...

Technical Fluency Stifled for Decades

For 35 years, prestigious organizations have collectively obstructed progress in technology for simplifying the expression of software and other technical knowledge. They have avoided noticing: ! their estrangement from traditional engineering values such as identifying and advancing the leading edges of simplification. ! a poverty of available expertise and literature on simplification. ! thei...

Interdisciplinary Research in Physics