Table 1 Themes emerging from interviews relating to interdisciplinarity.

• Interdisciplinarity is related to research impact

• The existence of tribalism at this university

• Divisions between arts and science

• Power imbalances in interdisciplinary collaboration

• General barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration

• University administration or bureaucracy as a barrier to interdisciplinary collaboration

• How to overcome institutional barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration

• The relative merits of independent interdisciplinary research institutes versus small interdisciplinary research teams

• Early career researchers are less likely or more likely to collaborate across disciplines

• Interdisciplinarity is easier for people with more seniority or at later stages of their career

• Interdisciplinarity within a single Faculty