Making interdisciplinary research work achieving a sustainable Australia

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This multivalent program of research is designed to address two outstanding problems, one a key issue in research management, the other a national challenge. The former is the application of interdisciplinary research to the broad, problem-based research agendas of today and tomorrow. The latter issue addressed as a test case for the methodological work conducted in the first part of the program is how to use this understanding to find effective ways of approaching the array of challenges confronting Australia in growing our population, sustaining our way of life and our living standards, reducing our burden on the environment, promoting social harmony in a context of diversity, and advancing our nations role as a leader in the global community.