Documenting and communicating methods used in interdisciplinary research and in research implementation

In this opinion editorial, New Water Policy and Practice International Advisory Board member Prof Gabriele Bammer (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Australia) draws inspiration from her work in developing Integration and Implementation Sciences, a new discipline providing concepts and methods for conducting research on complex, real-world problems, and discusses the importance of documenting and communicating methods used in interdisciplinary research and in research implementation. Gabriele recognises that this is a key challenge of interdisciplinary research and proposes ways that contributors to New Water Policy and Practice Journal can help set the direction for interdisciplinary research