Interdisciplinary Science Forum 2024 | Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries in Academic Science (In Person Only)
Explore how to better support academic science through an interdisciplinary lens to advance scientific discovery.
Times Higher Education is excited to launch the first THE Interdisciplinary Science Forum in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2024. Hosted in partnership with Schmidt Science Fellows, the forum will focus on fostering and rewarding interdisciplinary science research within the higher education ecosystem to offer innovative and inclusive solutions to our most pressing challenges today.
The forum will convene scientific leaders, university and academic senior administrators, institute directors, funders and policymakers from across the globe to discuss and debate how we can best organize and support academic science through an interdisciplinary lens to advance scientific discovery.
Agenda themes:
- Demystifying interdisiplinary science research
- Innovative models for structuring universities and institutes to foster interdisciplinary research
- Strategies for developing career paths, recognition and reward systems that encourage interdisciplinary achievements
- Methods for defining, measuring and rewarding interdisciplinarity in scientific research
- Metrics for evaluating interdisciplinary investment, support and success
