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Yes, researchers from different departments may collaborate in research. Some research areas like management, psychology, sociology, environment management, etc. may collaborate in research.

Horizontal collaborations IT, Engineering Faculties and Medicine are the trend of Agile development. The integration of different science researches (IT,…) in Medicine is the breakthrough in new products for patients. 

http://europeanhealthcaredesign.salus.global/conference-static-page/agile-new-models-of-care-speed-up-innovation 

Interesting Example of that cooperation - Advocates the free distribution of science and medical published articles : Public Library of Science: PLOS

https://www.plos.org 

Dear Ra'ed (Moh'd Taisir) Masa'deh, Dear Sergiy, Dear RG colleagues

Thank you so much for this important question and discussions, I am full agreed with Dr. Sergiy. I'd like to give an excellent example complies with this method of collaboration! I finished my Ph.D. project in Mechanical Engineering - Applied Mechanics, but my valued supervisor Prof. Dr. Muhsin J.J. advised me to conduct research on Prosthetic Foot, which is medical subject, so we were creating a mutual interference between mechanical engineering and medicine. This is just an example, I think!

All the best

Emad

Of course dear @ Ra'ed. Most of today's research are multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary.

There were some threads about and there is a lot of available resources at Researchgate.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_about_the_possibilities_of_success_of_multidisciplinary_research_teams

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_your_opinion_on_MULTIDISCIPLINARITY_in_Education

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Would_you_consider_the_interest_of_adding_disciplines_from_the_Humanities_to_the_more_technical_Courses_such_as_Medicine_or_Engineering

Conference Paper Breaking the boundaries: academic applications of multidisci...

Conference Paper Multidisciplinary Research of Industrial Engineering (IE) an...

Yes they do 

In my view, the problems of the world have taken a different and complex dimension. As such, a multifaceted approach to tackling such issues is warranted...This calls for collaboration between faculties, departments or even universities to undertake scientific enquiries to understand and solve such issues. Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/cross-disciplinary or transdisciplinary is the way to go.

Yes, it is good one. And, people from different faculties should collaborate.

Definitely yes, It could open new view point to solve the problem... Two years ago I helped one of our students in his graduation project about game programming... he was a student in the programming system engineering and he needed my help as an Architect with an experience in computer aided design ( 3D Max) to create the game's characters and lumion 3D to create the game environment...it was a new experience to both of us to collaborate in doing the project.

Hello Ra'ed (Moh'd Taisir), 

In my thesis, although I am a “one (wo)man band”, I had to consult many people from other disciplines because of the eclectic nature of the the approach I adopted in the dissertation. In the final recommendations section, I end with the following suggestion:

"And finally, to really unlock the secrets of the heart I suggest a team of experts from different scientific fields working together. Such a team could include seasoned meditators who meditate on the Self via the heart, embryologists, cardiologists, physical scientists, including quantum physicists, anatomists, biologists, osteopaths who work with the midline, and also anthropologists. This would help clarify many of the propositions regarding the heart that were raised during this investigation."

So yes, yes - I  feel it is not only necessary to work in collaboration with other researchers  from different disciplines,  but I feel it could be highly constructive-

Kind regards - Tina

Cross faculty research where it happens produces innovative and fascinating results, bringing different disciplines together creates new approaches to a problem and is often very illuminating to all involved.  In other words we al learn from the experience.

Sadly my experinece has been that it is enormously difficult to initiate such research or to sustain it long term.  Academic faculties are inward looking and the way universities are finananced means that faculty hears are wary of any of 'their' money being divereted to other interests.

If we could change the anachronistic culture in academia we would enjoy a new and fruitful future where, instead of similar research projects being carried out behind the closed doors of the faculty and jealously guarded by principal investigators ideas were exchanged and resaeach properly coordinated for mutual benefit.

yes, because its open new dimension for researcher, every research can get useful information from other researcher in other field  

Biophysics(the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena), environmental physics, biochemitry, computational biology, opinion mining and sentiment analysis, nature inspired computing etc are few allied disciplines for collaborative studies.

I think that it is possible (and more and more necessary) to collaborate in interdisciplinary research groups. Mutual inspiration will become more and more important, especially in huge scientific projects.

The main issue is the communication between scientists of different disciplines. But if the team can make sure that communication works there would be great opportunities.

In general, collaborating researches from two or more specializations  attempts to improve the quality of researches. I personally had this experience and found that the quality of such researches can be improved.

I also have the same opinion as Mahfuz, although I don't have any experience in interdisciplinary research but always keen to know how we can work together. I believe better platform is needed to get some quality results.

I have experience in such collaboration. In our team we have physicists, chemist, biochemists and doctorate in medicine. We have published several papers in peer review journals.

Thank you so much for your answers

Dear @Ra'ed, Universty of Belgrade has formed the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research for such purposes.

"The Institute for Multidisciplinary Research (IMSI) was established in 1970 as the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies of the University of Belgrade, with the aim to foster research and education of postgraduates in borderline disciplines and multidisciplinary sciences.

In 2007 the Centre was transformed to the research institute by the directive of the Serbian Government, and from 2009 it has again become the member of the University of Belgrade.

The three cross-linked departments (Materials Science, Life Sciences and Environmental Sciences) are organized to achieve the high quality of interdisciplinary research within bio- and technical sciences and the efficient use of the equipment. With more than 90 researchers (45 PhDs) the IMSI is an outstanding research institution and also an attractive educational environment for master and PhD students, with a long term devotion to promote scientific excellence..."

http://www.imsi.bg.ac.rs/

https://www.researchgate.net/institution/University_of_Belgrade/department/Institute_for_Multidisciplinary_Research

Yes, Researchers from different departments and different Faculties may collaborate in research. Research areas like management, mechatronic, industrial communications or web communications, etc. must be the result of collaborate in research from the electronical, mechanical, informatic and other departments with inttuito to increase the quality of such researches.

Of course, in addition to what mentioned there are many areas of research are common, also to achieve integration between them which has good chance for interested researchers & organizations in get a high benefits

Multidisciplinary research – an essential driver for innovation!

In today’s knowledge landscape there are powerful drivers for multidisciplinary research. Through simple collaboration, researchers from different disciplines can accomplish more by teaming. Interdisciplinary research moves beyond simple collaboration and teaming to integrate data, methodologies, perspectives, and concepts from multiple disciplines in order to advance fundamental understanding or to solve real world problems. Interdisciplinary research requires either that an individual researcher gains a depth of understanding two or more than one discipline and be fluent in their languages and methodologies, or more frequently that multidisciplinary teams assemble and create a common language and framework for discovery and innovation...

https://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/multidisciplinary-research-an-essential-driver-for-innovation/

Dear Prof. Ljubomir,

I really enjoyed your comment and the text you indicated. This will help me in writing an interdisciplinary article.

Thank you.

Dionéia

A narrow-minded approach in research results in a cubby-hole kind of a situation, where exploration is limited within the boundaries of one's research. Every step maybe an achievement but one does not realize that it does not cross boundaries or rather moving in circles. Multi-disciplinary research is acceptable by very few because of the inability to explore or the reluctance to understand the other, but it is definitely the need of the hour because of its ability to understand a problem from all perspectives.

We are working in the field of experimental oncopharmacology and bone tissue engineering. It is completely not possible to work in such interdisciplinary topics without collaboration with specialists with  different educational and professional background.

Collaborative Inquiry in Ontario- What We Have Learned and Where We Are Now

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/CBS_CollaborativeInquiry.pdf

My contribution to this thread was cited in the following research article, see link. I was alerted by Google Scholar. Nice!

Article Politics and the environment: a discursive analysis to devel...

The book 2015: Hard work in new jobs: the quality of work and life in European growth sectors is an example of multidisciplinary international comparative research. There are many example of such collaboration! We usually work with sociologists, economists, psychologists when research social phenomena.

http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137461063

Interdisciplinary research is interesting and covers a wider spectrum through synergy.

Though there are many, as an example a few links are.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313240372_Affordances_of_Data_Science_in_Agriculture_Manufacturing_and_Education

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299657894_Online_Assessment_Product_Development_in_Academic_Writing_Maha_Journal_of_Education_Vol_2_No_1_2016_-_Impact_Factor_1109

https://www.researchgate.net/project/The-impact-of-organic-production-system-on-the-quality-of-the-crop

There is one more going with Hengky (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hengky_H) team @ indonesia.

Chapter Affordances of Data Science in Agriculture, Manufacturing, a...

Article Online Assessment: Product Development in Academic Writing (...

The frequency of collaborations across disciplines is increasing. Having more collaborations may increase impact!

http://www.northwestern.edu/climb/pdfs-powerpoints/resources-oral/Oral%20presentation%20skills%203%20-%20Communicating%20across%20disciplines%202013.pdf

Do researchers from different faculties collaborate in doing research?

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1599589/Vlad_Zabrouskov

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1599689/S_Z%C3%A4ch

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1699799/tatiparti_padma

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1599089/Yakov_Yusim

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/379607/Tiberiu_Ezri

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1641861/David_Zadok

I think this is a desirable and welcome collaboration that gives better competition through healthy rivalry, which is always desirable between different faculties and it is natural that way and, ultimately delivers better overall score and through exchanges of experiences!