We found different barriers to cross-disciplinary research: cultural, personal, institutional and procedural. Solutions to these barriers were proposed by the workshop participants.
In this workshop we recognised some of the barriers to establish industry-academia collaborations and how to promote interdisciplinarity in this context. Industry recruitment and the skills gap were also discussed.
PPI is crucial in research delivery. In this workshop we focussed on the lessons science can take from other sectors on how to work in teams with people from different backgrounds.