Making interdisciplinary research work
Critical Examination of Interdisciplinary Research in Australia and abroad (2010)
Component one, Strengthening Interdisciplinary Research – what it is, what it does, how it does it and how it is supported examined the status quo in the field of interdisciplinary research in Australia, made a number of key findings and presented a set of six recommendations.
Project Steering Committee
Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering
| Peter Laver AM (Chair) | Professor Adrienne Clarke |
| Dr Graeme Pearman |
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
| Professor Dennis Altman | Professor Stuart Macintyre |
Australian Academy of Science
| Dr Sally Gras | Professor Nick Martin |
| Professor Bob Williamson |
Australian Academy of the Humanities
| Professor Cliff Hooker | Professor Tim Murray |
| Dr Zoë Sofoulis |
Authors
Professor Gabriele Bammer
Project Manager
Dr Jacques de Vos Malan
Project Funding and Support
Funded by an ARC Linkage Learned Academies Special Projects (LASP) grant ‘Making Interdisciplinary Research Work – Achieving a Sustainable Australia‘
Valuable input into the arguments and proposals presented was obtained from members of the Steering Committee, as well as from interviewees (“Australians influential in research policy and interdisciplinary research practice”) and others with whom less formal consultations were undertaken about particular issues addressed in the report.
Links and Publications
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- Article in the Australian, The case for a team research framework (external), 28 March 2012, written by Professor Gabriele Bammer.
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Download the report (top right).
