Foundations of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Interview
Listen to Dr Bianca Vienni-Baptista and Dr Isabel Fletcher's interview on their new reader from Bristol University Press, Foundations of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research, on the New Books Network.
SHAPE-ID Webinar: LERU Report
On Tuesday 23 May, SHAPE-ID Coordinator Professor Jane Ohlmeyer hosted a discussion with a panel of experts on the recently-released LERU report, “Implementing interdisciplinarity in research-intensive universities: good practices and…
LERU Report: “Implementing interdisciplinarity in research-intensive universities: good practices and challenges”
LERU has published their 2023 report on interdisciplinarity in research-intensive European universities, which builds upon many of SHAPE-ID’s findings and recommendations.
Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Peer Review
Dr Sara Shinton, director of the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, reports on the network's Interdisciplinary Research training event from November 2022.
Chapter Discussion: Differing Definitions of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity
Dr Bianca Vienni-Baptista discusses the findings of her latest chapter based on her work on SHAPE-ID's extensive literature review, highlighting the value of multiple perspectives in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.
A collision of perspectives creates innovation: A societal partner view
Jess Majekodunmi, a managing director at Accenture The Dock, Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Center in Dublin, highlights the importance of interdisciplinarity for innovation.
Delivering impact: perspectives from SHAPE-ID
Dr Giovanna Lima, the Arts and Humanities Research Impact Officer at Trinity College Dublin, shares her insights on helping the SHAPE-ID project to optimise its impact.
EU research bodies encouraged to adopt ‘world class’ resource to enable AHSS integration & interdisciplinarity
The European Commission’s independent review of SHAPE-ID suggests that its new web-based toolkit be adopted by the European Commission and other national funders as a reference resource in their funding programmes and for training for expert evaluators.
“What do you do all day?”: a case for the arts in the neoliberal university
Orlaith Darling, PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin, makes a compelling case for why the Arts and Humanities matter, and why other disciplines should be called on to defend their contribution to society.
Tools for co-creation in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research – reflections on AHSS integration and an invitation to challenge boundaries
Dr Sibylle Studer, Head of Methods at the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences Network for Transdisciplinary Research, reflects on how Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences integration has contributed to, can advance, and can be supported by the tools and methods offered in the td-net toolbox.
Interdisciplinary Exhibition-Making as Research Practice
Henriette Pleiger, exhibition curator at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany, reflects on interdisciplinary exhibition-making as a research method in the context of her curatorial practice and research.
Preparing for productive inter- and transdisciplinary research involving the arts
Nina Horstmann and Emilia Nagy reflect on their workshop "Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research. Working between science, technology, art and society", delivered with researchers at multiple venues including Technische Universität Berlin at ZEWK, in cooperation with the Berlin University of the Arts.