AUTHOR=Szostak Rick 
  
TITLE=A call for a more assertive interdisciplinarity
  
JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education
  
VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2026
  
YEAR=2026
  
URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2026.1694738
  
DOI=10.3389/feduc.2026.1694738
  
ISSN=2504-284X
  
ABSTRACT=I urge the community of scholars of interdisciplinarity to be more assertive about the existence and value of interdisciplinary methodology. This will improve the quality of interdisciplinary teaching and research, while enhancing our reputation. Granting agencies and university administrators can then better understand what interdisciplinarity is and how it is best performed. I briefly describe the nature of interdisciplinary methodology. I show that we can already point to exemplars of excellent teaching and research.