Session: Interdisciplinary Research: What Works and What Does Not Oral (includes student competition)

Division: SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils

Title: Interdisciplinary Research: What Works and What Does Not Oral (includes student competition)

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Pedology, SSSA Division: Soil Chemistry, SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology, SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: Applied soils research, Community engagment in soil science, Interdisciplinary soils research and Soil science theories

Session Description: This session seeks to incorporate a wide range of disciplines bringing together practitioners who have developed effective means of interdisciplinary practice. The purpose of this session is to examine the history and future of interdisciplinary research that utilizes soil science methods and theories in cross-discipline, applied research projects. Some topics that would be of interest to this session are: participatory approaches to interdisciplinary soils research, applied soils research, the promotion of community engagement in interdisciplinary soils research, the best practices for fostering collaborations among different disciplines, and/or the incorporation of mixed methods approaches.