“Digitalization can only be best investigated with an interdisciplinary approach” says a recurrent statement that can be adopted for a number of complex research themes. But how can collaboration across disciplinary boundaries succeed?
For this purpose, we would like to offer you concrete small group exercises (in breakout-rooms) that you can integrate into your research routine, as well as work out principles of productive collaboration together.
Preliminary program:
09.00-09.15 Welcome
09.15-10.30 Apply concrete exercises to communicate with each other across disciplines yourself.
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-11.45 Input presentation (tba) and Q/A
11.45-12.45 Joint elaboration of principles and structures of cross-disciplinary collaboration
12.45-13.00 Wrap up and takehome message
The goal of the workshop is to offer possible perspectives and practical advice in devising the structure of an interdisciplinary team and its work, and to practice a variety of possible methods that help teambuilding and teamwork.
The workshop is open to all those who are interested, whether they lead or co-work in an interdisciplinary project.
Bios:
Silvio Suckow
Silvio Suckow has a strong epistemological interest in the development of interdisciplinary research settings. To this end, he has spent four years studying the WI as part of his (almost finished) dissertation. Furthermore, he has developed an application-oriented online course for interdisciplinary competences (idc.wzb.eu) and is trying out different knowledge communication formats.
Sara Saba, PhD
Sara Saba serves currently as ‘officer for interdisciplinary formats’ at the WI. Originally a Classicist, she has worked for several years in interdisciplinary research groups at the Fraunhofer progressively moving from research to project management in science and especially in interdisciplinary research contexts.
Samuel T. Simon
Samuel T. Simon has been supporting the work at CAIS in the area of the research incubator since November 2020. There, he is involved in the development and implementation of innovative structures for interdisciplinary collaboration in digitisation research and the identification of relevant research topics. In doing so, he draws on professional experience in the areas of service design, design thinking and agile innovation, as well as practical knowledge in the conception and implementation of workshop formats. His main areas of interest are participatory digital culture and ethical design.