I have come to cherish research universities as unique entities, easy to destroy and very difficult to build. Most importantly, I have come to appreciate the relationships among disciplines. A lot of what psychologists consider psychology, sociologists consider sociology, epidemiologists consider epidemiology, nurses considering nursing, or those in business or even engineering consider business or engineering. This does not diminish, psychology, but it does cause a reconsideration of the role of psychology in modern research. Increasingly, in interdisciplinary research teams, I see psychology playing, not only its usual substantive role, but also the role of knitting other disciplines together.
Psychology is a linking discipline.
One might consider an analogy between psychology and the gluon, that tiniest of subatomic particles thought to provide the force that binds quarks together. Because interdisciplinary research is of increasing importance in science today and is likely to be the most rapidly growing sector of science in the coming years, research in psychology should have a bright future. I know it contributes to the satisfaction I derive from university research administration.