Breaking down barriers in academia: the EMCR Forum and TFOM as examples of interdisciplinary networks

Presented as part of Flourish! Interdisciplinary solutions for a thriving planet symposium, made possible thanks to funding from the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia), through the Australian Academy of Science, and supporting organisations.

The current COVID-19 pandemic underscores the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to operationalising planetary health solutions. Without understanding the social context in diverse cultures and without appropriate legal and policy frameworks, scientific insights cannot be applied to produce the necessary health, policy and governance outcomes. 

Flourish! aims to bring together a diversity of researchers, industry, community representatives, and policy makers to address the challenges of simultaneously improving human and ecosystem health in an interconnected and changing world and propose boundary spanning solutions and frameworks to ensure long term wellbeing and resilience of people and the planet.