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Lewis, Jamie; Bartlett, Andrew; Atkinson, Paul – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2016
Bioinformatics--the so-called shotgun marriage between biology and computer science--is an interdiscipline. Despite interdisciplinarity being seen as a virtue, for having the capacity to solve complex problems and foster innovation, it has the potential to place projects and people in anomalous categories. For example, valorised…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Science, Information Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hackett, Edward J.; Rhoten, Diana R. – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2009
The integration of ideas, methods, and data from diverse disciplines has been a transformative force in science and higher education, attracting policy interventions, program innovations, financial resources, and talented people. Much energy has been invested in producing a new generation of scientists trained to work fluidly across disciplines,…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Research Problems, Research Design, Environmental Research