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Interdisciplinarity

One of the most important goals for the Future Platforms is to develop interdisciplinary working methods at SLU by initiating and enabling collaboration across scientific disciplinary boundaries.

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The future platforms and interdisciplinarity

Complex societal challenges require a range of solutions. One of the most important goals for the Future Platforms, is to develop interdisciplinary working methods at SLU by initiating and enabling collaboration across scientific disciplinary boundaries.

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Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA)

The Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) is a new initiative at SLU, where researchers with different academic backgrounds will have the opportunity to jointly develop their ability to work interdisciplinary in an inspiring environment.

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SLU Future platforms at the ITD24 conference

On November 5, 2024, SLU’s Future Platforms hosted a workshop at the ITD24 conference in Utrecht, Netherlands, exploring how to foster inter- and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) collaboration.

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Webinars on interdisciplinarity

SLU Future Food organises a series of open lunch webinars on different topics related to interdisciplinarity. Find all recorded webinars here, and dates for upcoming webinars.

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The One Health Breakfast Club

Take the opportunity to enjoy transdisciplinary discussions and initiate new collaborations with research colleagues. We starts off with a short inspirational talk, then some tasty breakfast together. See dates for upcoming events!

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Food & Cities

Food & Cities is a collaboration between SLU Future Food and SLU Urban Futures.  The project seeks to identify knowledge gaps and cross-disciplinary research questions and establish a long-term thematic focus on food & cities  at SLU.  

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Urban Forests

Urban Forests is an area where many disciplines and sectors meet. This is also where the two future platforms SLU Urban Futures and Future Forests meet. In 2021 they started a webinar series, to shed light on various aspects that need more (transdisciplinary) research in urban forests.

The Futures Lab

The Futures Lab at SLU is a forum for interdisciplinary explorations of future research questions and societal challenges. The lab is a joint initiative from the two future platforms SLU Urban Futures and SLU Future Food.

More in-depth on interdisciplinarity

Dive deeper into interdisciplinarity! Find useful links, recommended literature and recorded seminars here.

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News and articles

Events on Interdisciplinarity

SLU's Future Platforms

SLU has four interdisciplinary platforms, called Future Platforms, that integrate different scientific fields. The platforms are intended to be a living, interactive interface between academy and society. Another of their main aims is to develop interdisciplinary working methods by coordinating cooperation across disciplinary boundaries.

Published: 11 December 2024 - Page editor: futurefood@slu.se
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