Many of today's hottest research areas are at the interface of traditional scientific disciplines. Unfortunately, scientists pursuing such interdisciplinary research in academic settings don't always ...

A struggle with a definition. Live jazz music crashes through the dark bar as my friend and I discuss what it means to be 'interdisciplinary'. My beer-loosened words are barely audible over the music.

We speak to two leading scholars in interdisciplinary research and teaching to find out why it is so important and how they are encouraging more academics and students to break out of traditional ...

Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are all nice buzzwords. But talk of “breaking down the barriers” is all too often a cover for breaking down academic disciplines to create ...