> Context • The problems that are most in need of interdisciplinary collaboration are “wicked problems,” such as food crises, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development, with many relevant aspects, disagreement on what the problem is, and contradicting solutions. Such complex problems both require and challenge interdisciplinarity. > Problem • The conventional methods of interdiscip...

We are developing a curriculum in science informatics that cuts across disciplinary boundaries to educate students in the computational character of the scientific enterprise. We are designing courses that cover: the storage, retrieval, and analysis of scientific data; the representation of scientific models and their use for prediction and explanation; the forms of communication and interactio...

Background: Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering. As synthetic biology develops into a promising science and engineering field, we need to clarify the purpose and nature of this science in terms of security, ethics and the recognition of the benefits of potential risks. The aim of this study was to evaluate the researchers’ attitudes toward synthetic biolo...

Introduction: In astrobiology and all interdiscipli-nary science, we want to do more than just hope for synergistic interactions of diverse types of knowledge. Knowledge created by researchers in distinct scientific communities must undergo active processes of translation in order to inform one another. This paper provides an overview and discussion of successful elements of translation and int...

Although relevance has represented a key concept in the field of information science for evaluating information retrieval effectiveness, the broader context established by interdisciplinary frameworks could provide greater depth and breadth to on-going research in the field. This work provides an overview of the nature of relevance in the field of information science with a cursory view of how ...