NSF Workshop
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
in Innovative Science & Engineering Fields
November 4-5, 2010
Location: Boston University
Download the Report. Funding provided by NSF collaborative grant to S.Paletz and L.Smith-Doerr, NSF collaborative grant (#10477728/1047773).
All conclusions and opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Science Foundation.
GOALS
The main goals of this workshop are to: (1) discuss the potential for a shared vocabulary across the different fields that study interdisciplinarity and related issues, (2) elaborate on specific similarities and differences in theory, data, and methods, (3) classify gaps and important future directions in the study of interdisciplinarity, and (4) identify specific infrastructure changes that would enable the study of multi- and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Organizers
- Susannah Paletz, Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh
- Laurel Smith-Doerr, Sociology, Boston University
Program officers involved in support:
- Julia Lane (National Science Foundation, Science of Science and Innovation Policy)
- Michael Gorman (National Science Foundation, Science, Technology and Society)
