The most important part of interdisciplinary research is to build trust. Researchers must learn to trust each other and share their ideas and experiences. Each researcher brings knowledge, receptivity, and need. If there is hyperdiversity there will be a loss of rigour and focus. Researchers need new forms of community and interaction and in this case the group would meet again to develop momentum.
Technology is ahead of the public mind.
For example, if ethicists were involved, biotechnology would not be in the trouble it is today. This must be self-organized, it can t be imposed from the top. The collective agreement doesn t facilitate interdisciplinary research because of the way we priorize journal papers, procedures, and performance standards. Teamwork takes more time and produces fewer publications. Interdisciplinary research at this University tends to rely on students to take the risk and find interdisciplinary supervisors.