Collaborating across the Sectors: The Relationships between the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) Sectors. Metcalfe, J., Riedlinger, M., Pisarski, A., & Gardner, J. Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. ![Collaborating across the Sectors: The Relationships between the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) Sectors [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex Executive summary. Some of the most exciting research and education today has little regard for traditional disciplinary boundaries. For example, research to help Australia's ageing population profile brings together medical science, basic biology, engineering, social science and arts and humanities. The world is turning to multi-disciplinary collaborations to deal with the big issues we face, critical problems such as water shortages, global climate change and threats to national security, human health and economic sustainability. No single discipline has all the answers: we need to provide the flexibility to ensure that the research and education community can pursue investigations across the whole landscape, regardless of discipline or approach. This report focuses on one particular form of collaboration: 'cross-sectoral collaborations' which combine the talents of the humanities, arts and social sciences with those of science, technology, engineering and medicine. It has looked at the actual and potential benefits of such work, and illustrates these benefits with examples from Australia and overseas. It identifies the characteristics of successful collaborations: the policies, attitudes and funding that allow collaborations to succeed. It examines the reasons why they sometimes fail: the institutional, cultural and funding settings that impede and stifle collaborative activity. The report concludes that cross-sectoral collaboration will not flourish in Australia without positive actions by government, funding institutions, researchers and industry. A recent UK initiative, an investment framework for Science and Innovation, calls for ” an enhanced culture of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research”.1 Our recommendations address this issue by focusing on changing the mindset of those involved in collaborative activity through education and training. The UK framework highlighted the need for ” peer review and funding infrastructure that is supportive of such work”. Our report identifies the higher transactional costs of cross-sectoral collaboration and the need for funding and reviewing bodies to take these costs into account. The recommendations aim to remove disincentives for the research and education which occur at the interface of two or more disciplines. They seek to ensure that the peer review process is fair and appropriate, that reward systems recognise these activities appropriately, and that cross-sectoral collaborations do not fall between the gaps. The report calls for a 'whole of knowledge' approach, embracing both the humanities, arts and social sciences disciplines and those of science, technology, engineering and medicine, to address the 'whole of government' research priorities.
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title = {Collaborating across the Sectors: The Relationships between the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ({{HASS}}) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine ({{STEM}}) Sectors},
author = {Metcalfe, Jenni and Riedlinger, Michelle and Pisarski, Anne and Gardner, John},
date = {2006},
publisher = {{Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences}},
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