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Integrated Multidisciplinary Research – It’s ORD’s Future

Integrated multidisciplinary research is key to addressing complex real-world problems that cannot be confined to a single discipline. This approach combines diverse scientific knowledge, skills, and methods concurrently, allowing for a synthesis of perspectives and deeper understanding. By fostering true collaboration, this framework seeks to tackle significant challenges, encourage user perspectives, and effectively frame problems. Researchers become more attuned to the intricate interrelations within environmental and technical contexts, positioning themselves to not just address, but truly solve pressing issues.

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Integrated Multidisciplinary Research – It’s ORD’s Future

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  1. Integrated MultidisciplinaryResearch – It’s ORD’s Future Lawrence Reiter, Ph.D. Director NERL November 6, 2008

  2. Knowledge, skills, methods within the boundary of a discipline Singular efforts within a well-defined specialization The goal is a deep understanding of a single problem or a single aspect of a problem Disciplinary Science May involve many scientists, and scope of analysis may be broad, but still employs the methods and theories of a single discipline

  3. Multidisciplinary Science • Using the knowledge, understanding of more than one discipline • An additive approach that combines efforts of more than one discipline • Efforts seek to combine the results of specialized , disciplinary approaches for a broader understanding of a problem or question • Cooperation among contributors is necessary

  4. Integrated Multidisciplinary Science • Using the methods, knowledge of more than one discipline concurrently • A cumulative approach that synthesizes the perspectives of the individual disciplines and integrates during all phases of the approach to a question or problem. • True collaboration, beyond mere cooperation, is essential

  5. Benefits or Payoffs to Integrated Multidisciplinary Research • Its what ORD can excel at!! • Able to tackle bigger, more challenging problems • Real world problems don’t align with a single discipline • Facilitates the development of a user perspective, allowing researchers to be more aware of processes and their consequences for research • Uses a systems approach to framing problem/setting boundaries • Affects how problem gets framed • Researchers are more aware of the problem, particularly how the different components of the problem interrelate in the larger environmental/technical context

  6. Put another way….. Do we want to address the problem??? Or solve it???

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