“Tackling Interdisciplinarity in Research” is a half-day event that brings together researchers from across the university to discuss challenges and opportunities of developing interdisciplinary research. The event is targeted at anyone who is interested in developing interdisciplinary projects and will cover a variety of different areas. We will have three distinct aspects covered in the event: 1) lightning talks that highlight real life experiences with conducting interdisciplinary research, 2) funding opportunities that look at current and future calls for proposals and 3) a Q&A session that covers the need to know ethical requirements from export controls, to data management plans, to ethics.
There will be a lot of opportunities to engage with peers and colleagues and ask experts any questions you may have about interdisciplinary research.
This cross-platform event is hosted by Creative Manchester in collaboration with Sustainable Futures, Digital Futures and Healthier Futures.
Please watch this space for updates on speakers.
About the organisers
The University of Manchester is home to four research platforms, which provide focus and resource to connect, drive and amplify interdisciplinary collaborations between academics, Faculties and institutes.
With hundreds of academics affiliated with each platform, they benefit from the sheer size of our University and the breadth of knowledge we cultivate. We support research, external engagement, impact, inform the University’s teaching, and support innovative projects in Greater Manchester and beyond.
Creative Manchester offers academics and researchers the opportunity to partner with city-based and UK-wide arts and cultural organisations. The platform also seeks to develop and sustain interdisciplinary research communities across the University and promote creativity as a practice in all research areas across the three Faculties, with a focus on their three research themes ‘Creative Industries and Innovation’, ‘Creativity, Health and Wellbeing’, and ‘Creative and Civic Futures’.
Sustainable Futures brings together the depth and breadth of our internationally leading research communities to create truly sustainable solutions to urgent environmental challenges. The platform works to align, connect, celebrate and grow our social, economic and environmental sustainability research across six challenges to explore opportunities, contestations, solutions and unintended consequences across key global issues including climate change, circular economy, food and water security, biodiversity, and future energy systems.
Digital Futures is an interdisciplinary network that operates across the University’s digital research, bringing together more than 1700 researchers from all three Faculties. The platform presents the University’s digital research activity to external stakeholders and facilitates collaboration between our communities to explore new research areas and support Greater Manchester’s ambition as a leading digital city.
Healthier Futures is bringing together academics, policymakers, campaign groups and businesses to act upon the causes and consequences of health inequalities around the world. The Platform is mobilising research from across disciplines at The University of Manchester, building capacity and communities, and developing solutions in partnership with practitioners, policymakers and publics.
