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Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Supervision: A Scoping Review, Meredith Vanstone, Kathryn Hibbert, Anna Kinsella, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Alan Pittman, Lorelei Lingard
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Supervision: A Scoping Review, Meredith Vanstone, Kathryn Hibbert, Anna Kinsella, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Alan Pittman, Lorelei Lingard
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This scoping literature review examines the topic of interdisciplinary doctoral research supervision. Interdisciplinary doctoral research programs are expanding in response to encouragement from funding agencies and enthusiasm from faculty and students. In an acknowledgement that the search for creative and innovative solutions to complex problems is best addressed through interdisciplinary collaborations, research-intensive universities are increasingly encouraging interdisciplinary projects and programs. The expansion of interdisciplinary research to the context of doctoral research may impact several core components of the doctorate: the enactment of the student–supervisor relationship, the process of forming and working with a supervisory committee, and the process and outcomes …