Don't get discouraged. Team building takes time. Develop a nurturing environment. Graduate students are very important. Promote frequent and intense interaction.
Studies can become too broad, leading to hyperdiversity.
Need to promote frequent and intense interaction. Murray Fulton Interdisciplinary studies work best when a group identifies a problem to study and then goes about determining the research. By identifying the problem first, a need for new ideas and methodologies is created. Find a geographical location to carry out the work. Interdisciplinary studies do not require that everyone on the team is interdisciplinary.