Thursday, September 11, 2014

Blurring the disciplines

disciplinary -
concerning or enforcing discipline.

multidisciplinary - 
combining or involving several academic disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a topic or problem.

interdisciplinary -
of or relating to more than one branch of knowledge.

transdisciplinary - 
connotes a research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic approach

cross-disciplinary -
Team science initiatives are designed to promote collaborative, and often cross-disciplinary (which includes multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary) approaches to answering research questions about particular phenomena

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