Building on their seminal 2015 report Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released an updated study, The Science and Practice of Team Science (2025), emphasizing the growing importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for navigating a rapidly evolving research landscape.
On October 8, contributors to these groundbreaking studies, Associate Professor Erin K. Chiou (Committee on Research and Application in Team Science, The Science and Practice of Team Science) and Professor Nancy J. Cooke (Chair, Committee on the Science of Team Science, Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science), presented highlights from the current report, reflected on developments since the first report, and shared locally-based approaches to improving team science at ASU.
Following the presentations, Professor Mary Feeney, led a moderated discussion exploring connections between these reports and her recent study on interdisciplinary research structures at ASU conducted through her role as the Principled Innovation Infrastructure initiative’s Interdisciplinary Integration Fellow.
Presenters:
- Erin K. Chiou, associate professor of human systems engineering, director Automation Design Advancing People and Technology (ADAPT) Laboratory
- Nancy J. Cooke, professor in Human Systems Engineering, Senior Scientific Advisor for the Global Security Initiative’s Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming
- Mary Feeney, Frank and June Sackton Chair, Professor in the School of Public Affairs, Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration
