Internal Interdisciplinarity Beats Panels

Staged 'X‑meets‑Y' conferences and cross‑discipline grant consortia rarely produce durable insights because the participants lack shared methods, incentives, or mutual respect. The interdisciplinary work that matters happens when one researcher deeply learns multiple fields and integrates them internally (or in small, organic collaborations around a concrete problem). Funders should back cross‑training and problem‑anchored teams rather than panel optics. — It challenges prevailing research‑funding fashions and suggests a redesign of incentives toward individual cross‑training and small, method‑aligned collaborations.