Workshop: Urban research – beyond disciplinarity
Many aspects of urban research are concerned with messy, complex or ‘wicked’ problems (i.e. problems which are difficult to manage or resolve because of a diversity of actors and interests involved, different perceptions of the problems, uncertainties of outcomes and consequences, etc.). Dealing with such complex problems makes urban research (and policy-making) a challenging endeavour. Over the last few years, research funding has increasingly advocated interdisciplinary research approaches and the co-creation of knowledge between academics, policy-makers and other stakeholders as important ways of addressing messy, complex or ‘wicked’ urban problems.