KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Interdisciplinarity is a means of solving problems and answering questions that cannot be satisfactorily addressed using single methods or approaches.
- Interdisciplinarity involves project teams in the goals of connecting and integrating several professions, or technologies—along with their specific perspectives—in the pursuit of a common task.
- An interdisciplinary project may not succeed if its members remain stuck in their disciplines/fields of expertise.
- Interdisciplinary knowledge and research are important because it encourages creativity and promotes important contributions in fields other than one’s own expertise.
- An interdisciplinary approach involves team members from different disciplines working collaboratively, with a common purpose.