Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers

by Catherine Lyall

Book Overview

This book highlights the importance of interdisciplinarity in the academic landscape, and examines how it is understood in the context of the modern university. While interdisciplinarity is encouraged by research funders, academics themselves receive mixed messages about how, when and whether to follow this route. Building upon a series of career history interviews with established interdisciplinary researchers, the author reveals fundamental misunderstandings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303018658X
• ISBN13: 9783030186586
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"