Multidisciplinary studies address current and real problems, focusing on solving them - they tend to be applied and action or policy-oriented. The multidisciplinary approach is very popular in developing countries to solve challenges. It represents a progressive scholarly method. The multidisciplinary approach means that the knowledge of several disciplines is used for a given problem and is complementary to each other in such a way that it is possible to draw clear conclusions, without being qualified as isolated or partial.

The theme 'Cohesiveness Between Researchers In Multidisciplinary Research Teams - Their Significance, Challenges To Achieve Cohesiveness, & Increased Productivity That They Result In'

In multidisciplinary research, several fields are involved in a certain problem- or region-specific line of research. But the individual discoveries of the disciplines concerned are only brought together in a cumulative manner. Consequently, modern research tends to be increasingly multidisciplinary.

The reason for this is the growing predominance of problem-oriented and project-oriented applied research. The burgeoning research canon is to apply knowledge from various disciplines to the solution. Of the current problem or at least understand it as a whole for which it is important to understand the multiple facets of the concepts of the challenge. It can be said that multidisciplinary research methodologies have become the need of the hour to solve current problems. Since the current problems are complex in nature requiring knowledge of all its aspects such as economic, social, political, psychological, etc., their solution through research requires multidisciplinary methodologies. An efficacious multidisciplinary process is likely to require certain “softer” human capabilities, such as -

• leadership,
• teamwork,
• altruism,
• tolerance for difference, and
• ambiguity.

Therefore, a team of people with expertise in various fields can be brought in so that all aspects of a problem can be analysed by a distinct specialist in order to arrive at a suitable and required solution to the challenge. In 'participatory research' and 'intercultural research', a multidisciplinary approach can be applied to find out everything about a particular situation. This can be facilitated by a multidisciplinary team. Researchers within a multidisciplinary research team must possess varying skills and expertise. The different points of view of the team members should complement each other and provide a fuller picture and more in-depth information.