By Olivia Bina
INTREPID – the network of scholars and practitioners from 32 countries, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), has been celebrating its four-year journey at a final conference: ‘INTREPID Knowledge’, in Lisbon, where it all began in May 2015. The main aim of the COST Action is to better understand how to achieve more efficient and effective inter and transdisciplinary research in Europe so as to strengthen our ability to address contemporary global challenges characterised by increasing complexity and uncertainty. The added value of INTREPID’s network has been to explore the potential of inter and transdisciplinary knowledge, inspiring change and build leadership, at the level of policy for research funding, within universities/Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and crucially among the youngest researchers who choose to promote interdisciplinary inquiries despite the many challenges (and oftentimes risks) that this entails. The Action achieved its main aim targeting three challenges, which were explored over the three days: Continuar a ler