In this article, we performed a scoping review and argue that mixed or multi-method designs can better support collaboration when thoughtfully applied. However, indiscriminately combining methods without clear justification—the so-called ‘kitchen sink’ approach—risks overcomplicating research agendas and diluting their insights.

Building flexible tools to approach law for interdisciplinary requirements extraction in software engineering.

Colliding ideas from art and digital technology law to bridge disciplinary silos and generate learning impact.

This article demonstrates the need for much more than a “computing plus” approach to truly realise the potential of interdisciplinary cybersecurity and privacy research.

This article explores how interdisciplinary methods for evidence collection can be envisioned through a case study examining research and regulatory initiatives against dark patterns.

What happens when legal principles meet speculative storytelling and role-play workshops? Our interdisciplinary team found new ways to govern smart glasses, leading to the ‘ethics of interactions’ framework.

The common call for researchers to simply “translate” sociotechnical insights into policy overlooks the complex dynamics of policymaking. Using two case studies, the article shows how meaningful relationships, not just translation, are key to embedding sociotechnical research in AI governance.

This paper discusses how to turn citizen summits into a robust, replicable, and participatory mixed methods approach for studying public views on digital surveillance technologies and other areas of internet policy.

This paper explores how the Digital Services Act’s Transparency Database enables platform observability, revealing critical insights into the practices of content moderation across the EU.