mission
CSID seeks to increase our understanding of interdisciplinary approaches to research and education, spurring innovation in the classroom and developing distinctive approaches to sponsored research. CSID will 1) offer accounts of best practices of interdisciplinarity across the sciences, engineering, and the humanities, and 2) help integrate ethics and values within all areas of research and education.
CSID will:
- Conduct research into the theory and practice of multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge
- Foster multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to research, teaching, and student research training through direct engagement with researchers, educators, and students
- Increase extramural funding through cultivating a richer awareness of the possibilities of multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to research and education
vision
CSID offers resources no other US university currently possesses. Interdisciplinary centers - focused on a particular theme or problem - are ubiquitous, but no other university has a center dedicated to developing the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity.