‘Blending sciences : The benefits and pitfalls of interdisciplinary research’

One of the loudest buzzwords in current science politics is interdisciplinarity. Interdisciplinary research requires that multidisciplinary teams assemble and create a common language and framework for discovery and innovation. This offers huge benefits, but how easy is it in practice? Apart from attitudinal resistance, differing research methods, a lack of funding and dissemination possibilities, communication barriers among the different disciplines often put a spanner in the works. In this salon three scientists will share their successes and failures in interdisciplinary collaboration.

PROGRAMME: 
19:30 - Welcome 
19:35 - Lecture by Paul Halstead (The University of Sheffield): 'Food production and diet in the Mediterranean longue durée: challenges of, and lessons from, blending humanities, natural sciences and social sciences'
20:00 - Presentation by Ana Naomi de Sousa (Forensic Architecture): 'Negotiating methodologies, practice and ethics in cross-disciplinary projects.'
20:15 - Presentation by Ann Dooms (VUB): 'An image says more than a 1000 words'
20:30 - Discussion
21:30 - Drinks