Integration and Implementation Sciences (I2S) is a new discipline providing concepts and methods for conducting research on complex, real-world problems. It supports researchers (I2S specialists) who contribute to cross-disciplinary teams tackling challenging social and environmental problems, by enhancing

• Synthesis of disciplinary and stakeholder knowledge,
• Understanding and management of diverse unknowns, and
• Provision of integrated research support for policy and practice change.

No established academic area has the mandate to develop these domains. I2S is an intellectual hub which provides:

1. a home for compiling and further developing relevant concepts and methods,
2. an avenue for transmitting them between teams working on different problems,
3. a forum for evaluating quality and raising standards, and
4. education at a range of levels.

The ideas underpinning I2S continue to evolve. The most recent can be found in the introductory reading suggestions. The full range of published papers, chapters and books can found in I2S publications, with selected digests provided in the Integration Insights series. 

I2S provides an important underpinning for the work of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security through its Integration and Impementation Program.