1. Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC)
October 2016

2. UCCRI has grown from this......

3. To this......

4. Our Vision
To create an interdisciplinary environment for research on biodiversity conservation and the social context within which humans engage with nature

5. Mutual learning and collaboration among diverse stakeholders
Our Values
Mutual learning and collaboration among
diverse stakeholders
Understand and respect other disciplines
and their methodologies
Learning from other visions of reality to inform
our own scientific understanding

6. Key Strategic Goals Improve Understanding Foster Collaboration
Create Future Researcher Leaders
High Quality Environment
Pathways to Impact

7. Four Key Areas of Research
Knowledge and expertise
Conservation across protected and productive landscapes
Biodiversity in the future earth
The values of nature

8. How do we implement interdisciplinarity into an academic environment?
UCCRI Conservation Network
UCCRI Annual Early Career Programme
UCCRI Management Committee
Interdisciplinary Research Centres/ Strategic Research Initiatives
Outputs
Environment
Impact
Programme Activities
Supporting postdocs
and graduates
Income/ Research
Collaborations and Public Engagement

9. Collaborate
and
Capacity Build
at the
same time

10. Early Career Programme October 2016
Career Support
Ecological Ethics
Early career Talks
Effective Communications
Funding Support
Enterprise
Interdisciplinary Workshops
Open Research
Leadership and Collaboration Skills
Impact
Research and Professional Development
Social Sciences in Conservation
Understanding Policy and Decision Making

11. Arts and Humanities – communicating and raising awareness
Both scientist and artist work with a common aim – to be heard and understood. Whether it is data or a painting, a GIS map or a poem, they are there because they are the result of someone wishing to communicate.
Leverhulme Artist in Residence: Toby Smith