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Experiments in interdisciplinary capacity-building: The successes and challenges of large-scale interdisciplinary investments

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  • Catherine Lyall
  • Isabel Fletcher

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Research funding agencies in many countries support interdisciplinary collaboration in order to tackle the 'grand challenges' facing societies worldwide but there is uneven guidance as to its effective conduct. Different types of interdisciplinarity require different approaches and there is no single model for success. Moreover, 'problem-solving interdisciplinarity' often runs contrary to academic conventions, structures and norms which are still predominantly discipline-based. The stability offered by public investment over the longer term may offer advantages for the personal research and publication strategies of interdisciplinary researchers. Support for relationship building with a range of stakeholders through this type of research may also lead to a greater likelihood of research impact beyond the academy. The benefits of such experiments in research capacity-building can be both intellectually rewarding and confer added value to public investments by encouraging significant social and economic returns. Copyright The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Catherine Lyall & Isabel Fletcher, 2013. "Experiments in interdisciplinary capacity-building: The successes and challenges of large-scale interdisciplinary investments," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(1), pages 1-7, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:40:y:2013:i:1:p:1-7
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    1. Chen, Shiji & Arsenault, Clément & Larivière, Vincent, 2015. "Are top-cited papers more interdisciplinary?," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 1034-1046.
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    5. Paul Bolger, 2021. "A study of faculty perceptions and engagement with interdisciplinary research in university sustainability institutes," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 11(1), pages 115-129, March.
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    7. Andrea K. Gerlak & Marcelo Saguier, 2015. "Interdisciplinary knowledge frameworks for transboundary river basins," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 790-794, December.

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