Inzé also encourages young scientists to join organizations such as the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, where they can liaise with think tanks and science-policy organizations in support of policies friendlier to interdisciplinary research and researchers.
A framework of operating models for interdisciplinary research programs in clinical service organizations is presented, consisting of a "clinician researcher" skill development model, a program evaluation model, a researcher-led knowledge generation model, and a knowledge conduit model.
Perhaps the most important environmental condition favouring interdisciplinarity is the building of an institutional 'platform' for collaboration: an infrastructure of research organizations, academic journals, funding committees and informal networks of researchers that actively foster interdisciplinary research.
This was an interdisciplinary research project spearheaded by researchers at Dartmouth University's medical school.
The nature, philosophical basis, roles of research staff members, outputs and impacts, and strengths and limitations of each model are described, in the context of a long-standing, interdisciplinary research program in a children's rehabilitation service organization.
However, despite all participants engaging in interdisciplinary research, there were variations in how researchers defined and conceptualized interdisciplinary research.
Making the methods of interdisciplinary research more transparent, and sharing them among researchers, could further invigorate interdisciplinary research.
As a consequence, interdisciplinary research teams with stakeholder or practitioner involvement are becoming an emerging pattern for the organization of integrative scientific research or integrated assessments.
Six interdisciplinary research clusters enable scholars to exchange ideas and explore research areas and to work with industry, other research organizations, and the community.
