There has been an increasing focus on interdisciplinary research in recent years, and many current key policy challenges (including climate change, post-covid recovery, economic security, migration, and healthcare) need evidence from interdisciplinary research. As the science budget increases over the coming years, and UKRI announce their allocations, what do we need to do to increase interdisciplinary research in the UK?

Speakers:

• Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Chief Executive, UKRI
• Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Institute Director, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, University of Bristol
• Professor Graeme Reid, Chair of Science and Research Policy, University College London
• Professor David Soskice FBA, Professor of Political Science and Economics, London School of Economics

Chaired by Rt Hon Lord Willetts FRS