Solving the world’s complex problems will be so much harder if higher education is confined to disciplinary silos. Universities must encourage work across departments to develop creative and innovative answers to global challenges.
Solving the world’s complex problems will be so much harder if higher education is confined to disciplinary silos. Universities must encourage work across departments to develop creative and innovative answers to global challenges.
Regular communication, flexibility in timelines, a willingness to look beyond academic disciplines and a shared commitment to the bigger picture kept this university-industry research collaboration on track
Short courses can give members of the public insight into cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, focusing on issues related to their daily lives. Here’s how to put them into place
To boost cross-disciplinary collaboration, and in turn social impact, universities need to foster a culture of collaboration and an environment that allows its researchers to take bigger risks
When the most impactful research collaborations often start with a conversation, it pays for universities to put like-minded scientists in the room together, no matter their expertise
Universities can build their interdisciplinary research capacity through deliberate strategy and support for academics whose intellectual curiosity extends beyond their domain expertise in search of collaboration
A project that involved students designing human settlements on the Moon shows how combining cultural identity with VR technology can unite learners across disciplines and campuses to imagine and shape the future
With top-tier cross-disciplinary research talent in leadership positions, the National University of Singapore is creating an ecosystem that rewards impactful scientific collaborations, harnessing AI’s power to accelerate research and innovation
