Tear down academic silos: Take an ‘undisciplinary’ approach

Phys.org  June 2, 2022 Interdisciplinary scholarship and education remain elusive at modern universities, despite efforts at both the individual and institutional levels. A team of researchers in the US (Cornell University, University of Wisconsin) has identified the main motivations that bring different disciplines together in joint research and some of the obstacles to that coming together. According to them instead of rallying around a specific mission, collaborating among disciplines effectively is much more about how to approach problems, finding a common way of interacting. Through unstructured workshops they found the choice of participants (who participates?), aspects of time (when do […]