Developing interdisciplinary research is no easy task. It takes time and effort to build creative, fruitful and joyous interdisciplinary collaborations. And the complexity of interdisciplinary research requires the awareness and use of a specific set of competences for which not all academics are optimally prepared. Together with a great team, I've been working with the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo) since late 2021 to help re-envision its Spark and Unusual Collabor

Do you like to think outside of the box? Are you keen to hone your interdisciplinary research skills? Are you working at WUR, TU/e, UU or UMC Utrecht? Then join us for the Centre for Unusual Collaborations' (CUCo) Spark journey! This is your chance to meet, explore ideas and develop research together with other like-minded scholars from an array of disciplinary backgrounds from WUR, TU/e, UU and UMC Utrecht! We have a few more spots available! Register for the Spark journey b

Getting ready today for an interview that Anke de Vrieze and I will do for Fresh Forward, a new podcast developed and hosted by Neža Krek (www.nezakrek.com/podcast). We'll be talking about our work with the Transformative Learning Hub and the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo). The podcast is for brave educators looking for ways to change the face of adult education and having a blast along the way. Our podcast episode will air over the months to come. Neza asked us to