Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Research: Emerging Paradigms

Multidisciplinary approach in research is very much in vogue these days to address the problems of the society. It involves drawing appropriately from multiple disciplines to explore problems outside the normal boundaries and reach out to solutions addressed through different perspectives. Modern research looks through more multidisciplinary approaches and has dominance of problem solving and project oriented applied research. Multidisciplinary approaches while aiming at achieving a common goal attempts to develop answers to complex questions which a single discipline is unable to handle. The growing research canon is to apply knowledge of various disciplines for the solution. Since current problems are of complex nature there is a need to have knowledge of all the aspects such as economic social political and psychological. Multi-disciplinary approaches call for collaboration between two or more disciplines on a research project while each discipline maintains its assumptions values and methods. In other words each discipline maintains its autonomy while collaborating. Today multidisciplinary approach is considered the driver of innovation and research to solve real-world problems. The book aims to address the current issues and problems and draw the solutions with the help of multidisciplinary approaches