The role of interdisciplinary science in the Tyndall Centre

Session 1 briefing note The role of interdisciplinary science in the Tyndall Centre Beckie George, Robert Nicholls and Rachel Warren, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia This is a summary of discussions between Tyndall Centre Communication: The nature of interdisciplinary research researchers at the Tyndall Assembly 2023 held at the has often necessitated co. [...] Discordant definitions of identical This briefing note reflects upon the Tyndall Centre’s past, words and phrases across disciplines were discussed as a present, and future role as a pioneer for interdisciplinary particularly commonplace challenge in interdisciplinary research that addresses the causes, impacts of, and research; it has always been necessary to spend time responses to climate chang. [...] Interdisciplinarity has also diversified the communicating and addressing challenges is universal, forms of research outputs the Tyndall Centre generates transcending quantitative and qualitative methodologies within and across projects, providing an opportunity to and prevailing paradigms of thought. [...] For the Tyndall cautioned that even within a single discipline, disparate Centre to continue to champion interdisciplinary science schools of thought exist, and introducing one perspective to into the future, it is necessary to reflect on the challenges a diverse group may be misleading if a lack of consensus is faced in the past and the strategies applied to overcome not also acknowledged. [...] Therefore, the Tyndall Centre could advocate to respective institutions for the integration of greater flexibility within their structures, thereby creating an environment that fosters interdisciplinarity and further legitimises the approach within the academic community.