We build on our interdisciplinary efforts and encourage further interdisciplinary connections and cooperation in our teaching and research.
This priority plays a key role in our mission and strategy. It is one of our core aspirations. It is a fact that interdisciplinarity is needed to solve complex societal problems and thus create impact. We use the terms interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity in our plan, aware that the interpretation of these terms is complex.
Interdisciplinarity is a tricky concept. There are many related concepts with different interpretations: multidisciplinarity, cross-disciplinarity, pluridisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. The pillar of interdisciplinarity influences all our strategic ambitions and activities. In this chapter, each strategic priority is presented as a theme. We start with a long-term ambition for each theme and then define the strategic goals and actions for implementation.