By bridging disciplines, we aim to to better understand and tackle the challenges of today’s world.
How can different fields of knowledge come together to better understand and tackle the many interrelated and complex problems our planet and societies are dealing with? Since none of these can be understood by any single discipline, connective thinking and knowledge integration are increasingly a pressing question. We’re interested in what happens when science, anthropology, history, philosophy - and many other perspectives - come together. How do we combine these ways of thinking? What makes collaboration across disciplines actually work? And: how do we make it work?
Our research
We study what integration of insights looks like in practice: in classrooms, in research teams, and in collaboration between scientists and societal partners. We explore what helps people think and learn across boundaries - creativity, curiosity, group dynamics, and the tools that support them. Our work directly feeds into education, and education feeds back into our research, helping students and teachers embrace complexity and think more flexibly. And we share our insights with partners outside academia - through projects that bring different sectors and ideas together.
By bridging disciplines, we aim to facilitate a more connected, adaptable, and creative approach to knowledge, teaching and learning - one that’s better suited to the challenges of today’s world.
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