News and Research articles on Interdisciplinarity

Avoiding the kitchen sink: A guide to mixed methods approaches within digital rights governance

Gabrielle Lim, University of Toronto
Noura Aljizawi, University of Toronto
Shaila Baran, University of Toronto
Nicola Lawford, MIT
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2044

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.

Beyond silos: Bridging the gap between law and software engineering – challenges, successes, and lesson drawing

Martina Siclari, University of Luxembourg
Salomé Lannier, University of Luxembourg
Olivier Voordeckers, University of Luxembourg
Stanisław Tosza, University of Luxembourg
Sallam Abualhaija, University of Luxembourg
Marcello Ceci, University of Luxembourg
Nicolas Sannier, University of Luxembourg
Domenico Bianculli, University of Luxembourg
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2042

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

Colliding ideas: Artistic explorations of data surveillance and data protection

Lucy Royal-Dawson, University of Ulster
Katherine Nolan, Technological University Dublin
Eugene McNamee, Ulster University
Laura O’Connor, Ulster University
Emma Campbell, Ulster University
Anna Pathé-Smith, The Open University
Kyle Boyd, Ulster University
Daniel Philpott, Ulster University
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2049

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

By opening the craft of interdisciplinary method to more explicit scrutiny, this special issue provides a novel space to examine how knowledge in the domains of cybersecurity, privacy, and digital rights governance is made, contested, and reshaped.