Making interdisciplinary research work achieving a sustainable Australia

这个多价值的研究项目旨在解决两个突出的问题，一个是研究管理的关键问题，另一个是国家面临的挑战。前者是将跨学科研究应用于今天和明天的广泛的、基于问题的研究议程。后一个问题作为项目第一部分方法论工作的一个测试案例，是如何利用这种理解找到有效的方法来应对澳大利亚在人口增长、维持我们的生活方式和生活水平、减轻我们对环境的负担、促进多样性背景下的社会和谐、提升我们国家在全球社会中的领导地位等方面面临的一系列挑战。

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.