Interdisciplinary experiences: a postgraduate geographer's perspective

Abstract

Interdisciplinary research teams and departments are seen by some as a way of addressing problems that cannot be understood using a traditionally narrow and uniform approach rooted in a particular discipline. This paper presents a postgraduate perspective by discussing the positive and negative impacts on Ph.D. research of this type of work and making recommendations for integrating students into teams containing multiple unfamiliar disciplines. These include formal discussion of opportunities and risks and following advice from those who have taken this route.

Keywords::

• interdisciplinary
• postgraduate research
• multidisciplinary

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the reviewers.

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Funding

The author would like to acknowledge the support of UK EPSRC for the London-Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Research in Energy Demand [grant number EP/H009612/1].