Knowledge integration for societal challenges: from interdisciplinarity to research portfolio analysis

Abstract

'Convergence' as knowledge integration for grappling with societal challenges Last October the US National Academies held a workshop (available here) to gather views on how to better measure and assess the implications of interdisciplinarity, or convergence, for research and innovation.

Authors 1

1. Ismael Ràfols corresponding Aachen Centre for Science and Technology Studies

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)

   Leiden University