Tag Archives: interdisciplinarity

Strategic Developments at UKRI

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Beyond the Silo Mentality

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Athene Donald

I have been fretting about the challenges of appropriately evaluating interdisciplinary work for many years. My specific beef has been about grant assessment in the Research Councils at the interface between physics and biology, because that is where my research … Continue reading →

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How Broad is Broad?

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Athene Donald

Most conferences provide food for thought and my participation this week in the Global Scholars Symposium in Cambridge certainly fulfilled my expectations in this respect. Although I was meant to be the one doing the talking, there was also time … Continue reading →

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Scientific Breadth: The Good and the Bad

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Athene Donald

This week I am giving three different major talks; no, not just ‘different’, utterly and totally different. This is definitely a week of diversity in my powerpoint presentations, though none of them is actually about diversity. Linking in to a … Continue reading →

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