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How Long does it take to Gain Expertise?
Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man, currently is said to be set on shaking up the Civil Service. The three elements that are rumoured to be on the agenda are: Better training in data science, systems thinking and ‘super-forecasting; Staff … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged Civil Service, Dominic Cummings, UKRI
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The Interdisciplinary Challenge
This week I am talking at an event in London marking (I believe) the launch of Nature Reviews Physics, but the emphasis of this event will be on the promotion of best working practices in ‘physics and interdisciplinary science’, as … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged crossing boundaries, Nature, starch
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What does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
UKRI has big shoes to fill. So far it has only just begun to signal its intentions regarding strategic directions: the ‘strategic prospectus’ it published in May was more a road map for developing its strategy than a strategy itself. … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged refereeing, Strategic Priorities Fund, UKRI
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Strategic Developments at UKRI
The new super-research council (in UK terms) UKRI that acts as an umbrella organisation – sitting above the seven research councils plus Innovate UK and Research England – launched its Strategic Prospectus a few days ago. Not so much a … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged Horizon2020, interdisciplinarity, Nurse Review, place
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The Meeting of the Ways
There are many reasons why people believe – as I do – that interdisciplinarity has to sit at the heart of any research agenda. It does not require that two disciplines bring cutting edge tools and ideas together to create … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Interdisciplinary Science
Tagged Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Eldar Shafir, policy, stereotype threat, values affirmation
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