Dundee Interdisciplinary and Innovation Forum (DIIF)
Dundee Interdisciplinary and Innovation Forum (DIIF) is a University of Dundee forum that aims to increase interdisciplinary working opportunities and research collaborations – both internally and externally with partners and industry.
Our objectives
The DIIF forum facilitates events throughout the year which are designed to:
- provide networking environments where introductions can be made and ideas explored
- encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations, with the long term view of solving major challenges and creating lasting social and economic impact
- encourage early intervention of major research challenges
- explore the funding landscape and prepare researchers for new funding opportunities
- stimulate new research ideas/approaches
- support Early Career Researchers
Interdisciplinary solutions to real-world issues
Interdisciplinary research is central to the University Transformation Strategy. It allows us to be joined up in our thinking and to present challenges to solutions that proactively solve a number of real-life problems. DIIF events can be used as a vehicle to encourage and facilitate collaborations and to form new working groups.
How our events work
DIIF events are typically led by a University academic and supported by Research and Innovation Services (RIS). They range from small focussed meetings to regional events with 100+ delegates. Each event is contextualised by a research theme and knowledge and understanding of the funding landscapes for these themes are provided and explored.
RIS proactively scope for industry collaborations pre and post event and provide additional support with applications and partnerships that arise.
Upcoming events
Event
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 00:00 - Tuesday 8 July 2025, 23:59
The online iteration of a printed column of the same name in Cooper Gallery’s occasional periodical &labels.
Event
Thursday 25 February 2021, 19:30 - Wednesday 31 December 2025, 00:00
A major five-chapter exhibition and event project creatively re-imagines and co-constitutes radical blueprints for a socially transformative art education.
Event
Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 3 August 2024, 16:00
Free
Celebrating ten years of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status with an exhibition showcasing a decade of design created at DJCAD
Event
Sunday 26 May 2024, 14:30 - Sunday 21 July 2024, 16:30
Free
Join museum curator Matthew Jarron for a series of informal walking tours around some of Dundee's amazing collection of public art
Event
Thursday 4 July 2024, 09:30 - 16:00
Are you interested in Medicine?
Event
Thursday 4 July 2024, 11:00 - 12:00
MRC***Online Only Seminar (via TEAMS)***- Non-canonical ubiquitylation mini-series by Prof. Ivan Ahel University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Event
Friday 5 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
The School of Life Sciences Peter Garland Lecture 2024 by Professor Paul Falkowski Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Event
Friday 5 July 2024, 12:00 - 14:00
Alcohol Awareness Week: what value are units anyway?
Event
Friday 5 July 2024, 16:00 - 17:00
Step into Success: Register for Dundee's Online Interactive Accounting and Finance Activity!
Event
Saturday 6 July 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 28 September 2024, 16:00
Free
This striking exhibition of black and white art demonstrates a range of techniques used to create depth and contrast in ways that can only be found with the absence of colour.
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