Interdisciplinary research: short guides

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Ten aspects of interdisciplinary research are covered, with the guides providing easy access to best practices for a) developing, reviewing, funding and evaluating proposals, b) supervising PhDs, as well as c) various aspects of research management. A link to a PDF file of each guide can be found on the following webpages:

  1. Short Guide to Developing Interdisciplinary Research Proposals Joyce Tait and Catherine Lyall
  2. Short Guide to Reviewing Interdisciplinary Research Proposals Catherine Lyall, Ann Bruce, Joyce Tait and Laura Meagher
  3. Short Guide to Building and Managing Interdisciplinary Research Teams Catherine Lyall and Laura Meagher
  4. Short Guide to Supervising Interdisciplinary PhDs Catherine Lyall, Laura Meagher and Joyce Tait
  5. Short Guide to Troubleshooting Some Common Interdisciplinary Research Management Challenges Catherine Lyall and Laura Meagher
  6. Short Guide to Designing Interdisciplinary Research for Policy and Practice Catherine Lyall
  7. Short Guide to Developing Interdisciplinary Strategies for Research Groups Catherine Lyall, Robin Williams and Laura Meagher
  8. A Short Guide for Funders of Interdisciplinary Research Wendy Marsden, Catherine Lyall, Ann Bruce and Laura Meagher
  9. Short Guide to Evaluating Interdisciplinary Research Catherine Lyall, Joyce Tait, Laura Meagher, Ann Bruce and Wendy Marsden
  10. Short Guide to Leading Interdisciplinary Initiatives Laura Meagher, Catherine Lyall, Ann Bruce and Wendy Marsden

Website: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/projects/issti-interdiciplinary-masterclasses(0c0cf4a1-6bd7-4407-af5d-4a2fe3a517b8).html

Posted: September 2015
Last modified: August 2018