Interdisciplinarity has recently become a focus of research and innovation in Australian universities. The traditional university structures, however, have not historically supported cross-faculty collaborations. This talk is about the challenges of working across faculties, forming and maintaining research teams, and producing measurable outcomes in one university setting. Three case studies of ongoing projects investigating sociotechnical issues are used to illustrate some of the challenges faced by researchers crossing the faculty divide.

Weiqin Chen, Jan Dolonen and Lars Eirik Rønning got the paper “Learning OO with Peers” accepted at ICCE 2005 .