CSPC 2018

Organized by: College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada , Steven Cooke

The concept of interdisciplinarity is used to frame education, scholarship, research, and interactions within and outside the academy.  Moreover, given the complexity of problems facing the world today, interdisciplinarity thinking is often considered as "essential" for developing effective solutions.  In principle, the premise of interdisciplinarity is a good one; yet, the extent to which this concept is embraced by the current generation of learners and thinkers, the benefits and risks for doing so, and the barriers and facilitators to achieving interdisciplinarity are rarely considered.  

We contend that emerging scholars, artists and scientists including students, post docs, and early career professionals have much to contribute to discussions about the ways in which interdisciplinarity can be enabled to equip and empower the next generation with the skills and knowledge to work across and among traditional disciplines. Relatedly, there is a need to identify successful examples/case studies of where interdisciplinarity has been achieved with meaningful results.  In this panel session organized by the College of the Royal Society of Canada, we will seek to generate a "Manifesto for Enabling Insterdisciplinarity". To generate the "manifesto" we will collate thoughts from the panel as well as the audience and twitter.  To engage the audience we will distribute cards during the event and collect ideas.  

We will do the same on Twitter for the 24 hrs preceding the session in an attempt to engage the broader community.