The importance of interdisciplinarity: challenges and benefits
Time & Location
30 Nov 2018, 12:30 pm – 01 Dec 2018, 2:00 pm
Room 4.19, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
About the event
Lorraine K Tyler
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Humanities (Linguistics), HKU
The global trend is towards interdisciplinarity. It is widely recognised that many of the most important problems engaging disciplines in the humanities and social sciences cross multiple disciplinary boundaries. This is increasingly reflected in the major research calls coming from national and international funders. University Development officers argue that the interdisciplinary projects are most attractive to outside donors.
In this informal discussion we will talk about the advantages and potential concerns associated with interdisciplinarity and I will take as a relevant example the recent development at the University of Cambridge of a strategic initiative in the language sciences which has now become an official Interdisciplinary Research Centre.
The history of this development illustrates the challenges that need to be taken on to develop an interdisciplinary community and the kinds of collaborative projects that emerge as such a community takes shape.
Date: 30 Nov, 2018 (Fri)
Time: 12:30-2:00pm
Venus: 4.19, Faculty Exhibition Room, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Registration required. First come, first served.
To register, please contact Karen Leung (kklleung@hku.hk)
