Students conducting cross-disciplinary, problem-based research face distinct challenges when trying to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines and stakeholders. This course is one of a series of three courses focused on providing principles and techniques for conducting effective cross-disciplinary research.

The Managing Uncertainty course explores the conceptualisation, implications and management of different forms of ignorance and uncertainty (How do you know what you don’t know and what do you do about it?). The course includes sections on: the nature of ignorance and uncertainty, including a typology for understanding and categorising uncertainty; the motivations for different sorts of uncertainties and the moral values we assign to uncertainty; and strategies for coping and managing under uncertainty. The course includes self-directed and group learning activities with assessment activities that can customised by students to address their own research interests.

The other 2-unit courses in the series are: Knowledge Synthesis which focuses on exploring concepts and methods for integrating research from different disciplines and practice areas, and Research Informing Policy and Practice, which focuses on developing skills for designing and communicating research in a way that enables it to more easily contribute to policy making and changes in the real world.

More information can be found at the Research Integration Courses web page