2010/12/19 by Naomi Jacobs, Jacobs, Naomi, Martyn Amos +1
Decision Sciences · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Biomedical and Engineering Education #FOS: Computer and information sciences #General Literature (cs.GL) #Innovation, Technology, and Society #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.4170
openalex publication_date 2010/12/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A significant amount of high-impact contemporary scientific research occurs where biology, computer science, engineering and chemistry converge. Although programmes have been put in place to support such work, the complex dynamics of interdisciplinarity are still poorly understood. In this paper we interrogate the nature of interdisciplinary research and how we might measure its "success", identify potential barriers to its implementation, and suggest possible mechanisms for removing these impediments.