Tag: Academia

What is Interdisciplinarity?  And Do We Need It?

What is Interdisciplinarity? And Do We Need It?

In the last decade, we have seen an increasing call for more interdisciplinary research.  This call has pervaded funding agencies – some of which now explicitly require ‘interdisciplinary’ teams in many funding proposals – journals, faculty hiring and promotion, and […]

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Academic Ambition

In a discussion related to a Strategic Review of my school’s research function, the issue of individual and organizational ambition arose.  I thought this was an interesting discussion and think it reflects well on the key to the research strategy […]

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