This paper contributes to the debate on the dynamics of the development of practices and
their relation to the emergence of collaborative communities of practitioners. Our research is …

This article reports on a study that followed up on an initial interdisciplinary project and
focused specifically on the experiences of researchers involved in practice-based …

This report presents the findings from a research project commissioned by the Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of the fundamental review of …

Although the role and management of interdisciplinary research in knowledge development
has received plenty of attention in recent years ambiguity remains, often hindering …

Notwithstanding the rapidly growing body of literature on interdisciplinary research, several
of the crucial dynamics in interdisciplinary research systems remain poorly understood and …

The expression “interdisciplinary work” refers to work that takes place at the crossroads of
two or more disciplines. It denotes the way in which researchers and institutions organize …

Collaboration in research activity is now the rule not the exception. It is encouraged by
government, funding bodies and research councils. However, the concept of collaboration is …

Interdisciplinary research has been a topic of interest for many decades–perhaps longer.
And yet, even now, there is still much we do not understand about how to stimulate …

In the past, the attention paid to interdisciplinary working focused on putting it into practice.
As it turns out, this is not without problems. This paper looks closely at the development of …

Collaborative interdisciplinary research is on the rise but can be difficult and daunting. There
is much to learn by studying the inner workings of collaboration, to the potential benefit of …