Tool box for interdisciplinary work
Working in an interdisciplinary way is new for most researchers – also at KTH's ITM School. This section outlines some fundamentals of interdisciplinary research practices and aims to guide you through this new experience of research.
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Tool box
An overview of what is meant by multi disciplinary, interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary research: What IRIS means by interdisciplinary (pdf 198 kB)
Good practices in managing and working in interdisciplinary research projects in the SHAPE-ID toolkit
A template for how to develop a project plan together with researchers from other departments: IRIS project plan template (docx 109 kB)
The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) descriptions see section 2 of the IRIS Project Governance Model: IRIS Project Governance Model (pdf 388 kB)
Guidelines for various roles and responsibilities: The various roles in IRIS
An overview of the project organisation: Organisation
Communication
Remember to report your success stories and KPIs to your area coordinators and the school's communications department.