In the project period 2018-2021, a total of 127 publications have been registered, which are associated with one of the five interdisciplinary projects. A large majority of the researchers who have participated in the projects also state that they have published research results that can be attributed to the interdisciplinary research project in peer-reviewed journals, books or conference proceedings. In addition, more than half and several of the PhD students in the study have written together with project partners from other faculties than the one they are employed at.

Some researchers express that the projects collaborated across disciplines in relation to the development of new knowledge, but that this knowledge in wide extent was reported monodisciplinary. This is explained, among other things, by the fact that the scientific environments still largely operate in silos, and therefore they still work within academic "boxes" when communicating what has been done in terms of research.

However, there are also project participants who express that articles have been published in journals that would not otherwise have been considered if they had not worked interdisciplinary work.

Unproblematic to publish at interdisciplinary conferences
Despite efforts to publish across disciplinary boundaries, in some cases these had to be abandoned because the disciplines were found to be too far apart. Challenges regarding time have also been explicit in relation to publishing, where some experienced that it was too time demanding writing with researchers who are academically far away from one's own field. Once interdisciplinary research has been successfully published, it is not considered likely that it will be recognised within the various (mono-)disciplinary fields of study. However, the project participants also point out that it has been unproblematic to present the results at interdisciplinary conferences.

The difficulty of publishing interdisciplinary research is, among other things, about balancing breadth and depth – and can be difficult to sell to publishers. This is confirmed by Project Manager for SECURE, Rafael Wisniewski:

However Project Manager for InterHUB, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, believes that interdisciplinary publishing is already well underway:

BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON OWN FIELD

Cross-discipline collaboration has for some project participants been a productive way of expanding one's own discipline and discover overlapping interests with other disciplines. Method exchange and learning in relation to how the different disciplinary fields view the same issues in different ways, but where it still succeeds in finding a common language, are also mentioned as learning elements. Furthermore, it has provided a broader perspective on own research and a greater insight into which areas own research is relevant to.

Developed ability to explain own research

The researchers in the interdisciplinary projects also emphasise strengthened skillls to work across disciplines and communicate more explicitly with colleagues from other fields as a benefit of project participation. For example, one explains that project work has developed their ability to explain to others what they do and how it can be useful, which is an important learning experience when you spend the vast majority of your work hours with people who have the same disciplinary background as oneself.