The video discusses the challenges of integrating knowledge across disciplines in research teams. Despite many attempts over the past 20 years, most interdisciplinary research remains multi-disciplinary with little true integration. The speaker argues that early interactions in interdisciplinary teams are crucial to develop a shared conceptualization and become a complex system capable of true knowledge integration. If teams allocate sufficient time in their first meetings to develop a co-created understanding of the research problem, it can help overcome many of the challenges that plague interdisciplinary research. Focusing on participatory and inclusive interactions, learning each other’s perspectives, and developing links across disciplines early on can set the team on the path to emergence of a shared vision and aligned goals.
Integrating knowledge across disciplines is challenging due to differences in backgrounds, perspectives, and deep knowledge in different fields.
Seven key factors that hinder interdisciplinary collaboration are high diversity, deep knowledge integration, large team size, goal misalignment, permeable boundaries, geographic dispersion, and task interdependence.
Focusing on how to effectively integrate knowledge early on can help with aligning goals and managing dependencies later.
Interdisciplinary teams need to allocate time in early meetings to develop a shared understanding of the research problem.
Interdisciplinary teams need to evolve into complex systems through interactions in order to be successful.
Key interactions that help develop an interdisciplinary team include being participatory, learning perspectives, developing links across disciplines, and being adaptable.
Emergence of a shared vision and aligned goals comes from the interactions within the system.
Sticking with the process leads to emergence over time.
Teamwork builds social ties, trust, and collaboration skills.
Better collaboration leads to more collaboration in a reinforcing cycle.
The video discusses the challenges of integrating knowledge across disciplines in research teams. Despite many attempts over the past 20 years, most interdisciplinary research remains multi-disciplinary with little true integration. The speaker argues that early interactions in interdisciplinary teams are crucial to develop a shared conceptualization and become a complex system capable of true knowledge integration. If teams allocate sufficient time in their first meetings to develop a co-created understanding of the research problem, it can help overcome many of the challenges that plague interdisciplinary research. Focusing on participatory and inclusive interactions, learning each other’s perspectives, and developing links across disciplines early on can set the team on the path to emergence of a shared vision and aligned goals.
Integrating knowledge across disciplines is challenging due to differences in backgrounds, perspectives, and deep knowledge in different fields.
Seven key factors that hinder interdisciplinary collaboration are high diversity, deep knowledge integration, large team size, goal misalignment, permeable boundaries, geographic dispersion, and task interdependence.
Focusing on how to effectively integrate knowledge early on can help with aligning goals and managing dependencies later.
Interdisciplinary teams need to allocate time in early meetings to develop a shared understanding of the research problem.
Interdisciplinary teams need to evolve into complex systems through interactions in order to be successful.
Key interactions that help develop an interdisciplinary team include being participatory, learning perspectives, developing links across disciplines, and being adaptable.
Emergence of a shared vision and aligned goals comes from the interactions within the system.
Sticking with the process leads to emergence over time.
Teamwork builds social ties, trust, and collaboration skills.
Better collaboration leads to more collaboration in a reinforcing cycle.
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