Being an Interdisciplinary Academic

Catherine Lyall is Professor of Science and Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

“Her book is both more reflective and more heavily researched and documented than the short memoranda prepared with colleagues, and is rewarding just for the citations alone.” (Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, insidehighered.com, August 2, 2019)

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Mixed messages for the interdisciplinary research community.- Chapter 2. "What am I?": The path to becoming an interdisciplinary academic.- Chapter 3. "Are you one of us?" How institutions impact interdisciplinary careers.- Chapter 4. The nets we weave: Consequences for interdisciplinary capacity building.- Chapter 5. Facilitating serendipity?.- Chapter 6. Towards new logics of interdisciplinarity.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: "The funding can only do so much".