Citation

Schewe P, Bell CC, Bennett LW, Goldstein PJ, Gordon R, Mattaini M, O'Brien P, Riger S, Risser HJ, Rosenbaum DP, Schuck AM, Simmons B, Ullman SE. Violence Against Women 2011; 17(9): 1176-1193.

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801211419325

PMID

21914681

Abstract

This article describes an interdisciplinary center at the University of Illinois at Chicago focused on collaborative research on violence. Our center is unique in its emphasis on developing infrastructure and distinctive processes for overcoming obstacles to interdisciplinary research; the involvement of outside policy makers, advocates, and service providers in jointly discussing and developing research proposals; the breadth of commitments from leading violence researchers and administrators across five colleges; and the innovativeness of proposed research projects that support interdisciplinary activity and show promise for funding. The center has developed an infrastructure to address violence-related issues in both research and teaching. This article discusses the challenges of implementation and boundary spanning in a university context and makes recommendations for sustainability.

Language: en