A Reader Vienni Baptista, Bianca edt Fletcher, Isabel edt Fletcher, Isabel oth Lyall, Catherine edt Lyall, Catherine oth Vienni Baptista, Bianca oth text xx Bristol Bristol University Press 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource Introduction essay and Chapter 1 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researchers from a range of different fields, it paves the way for future scholarship and effective research collaborations across disciplines. Chapters offer extracts from key academic texts on topics such as the design, funding, evaluation and communication of research, providing those new to the field with a thorough grounding. They highlight examples of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary triumphs - and challenges. Concluding each chapter is a commentary provided by practitioners from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are themselves developing new approaches to inter- and transdisciplinarity. The book is: • the first ever comprehensive reader for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; • essential reading for those seeking to become effective collaborative researchers; • complete with concise introductions, extracts, commentary and further reading in each chapter. This is a much-needed primer that improves our understanding of the characteristics of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, unlocking their exciting potential in research and teaching within and beyond academia. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Interdisciplinary studies Research methods: general Social research & statistics Challenge-led research; Global social challenges; Interdisciplinarity; Interdisciplinary; Reader; Research methods; Research practices; Societal challenges; Transdisciplinarity; Transdisciplinary; 9781447368892 9781529225730 9781529225747 9781529225754 9781529235012 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112271 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112271 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 230808 20260305123952.0 doab112271