June 7th: Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research
13.00 – 15.00: SDU Slagelse Campus
Challenges, Questions, Opportunities, Strategies and Lessons Learned
University leaders, policy makers and research funding agencies are increasingly emphasising the importance of real-world impact and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research. The influence of academic disciplines has been dominant, in academia and professional bodies. Specialisation in disciplines and subdisciplines has yielded tremendous gains in knowledge but has also led to fragmentation. The ideas in any field can be enriched by theories, concepts, findings and methods from other fields. The world’s problems are not organised by academic discipline – fully understanding problems and finding solutions may require perspectives and knowledge from more than one discipline. Read more here.