Exploring the process of interdisciplinary teamwork in research projects, including the formation of teams, setting milestones and goals, and the role of project management in supporting the teams to work towards a bigger question.
Could we create more knowledge by changing the way we do scientific research? We spoke with NASA’s Psyche mission’s principal investigator and ASU Interplanetary Initiative vice president Lindy Elkins-Tanton about the limitations of “hero science,” and how she is using an inclusive model where collaborative teams pursue “profound and important questions.”
Read Lindy Elkins-Tanton’s essay, Time to Say Goodbye to Our Heroes?
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