monitieteisinä

Monitieteisinä is a Finnish adjective form derived from monitieteinen, meaning multidisciplinary. The term describes approaches, processes, or structures that integrate multiple scientific or academic fields rather than operating within a single discipline. Monitieteinessä or similar contexts emphasize collaboration across disciplines to address complex questions, problems, or phenomena.

In practice, monitieteinen work is common in higher education, research funding, and innovation ecosystems. It is used to characterize research, teaching, and organizational arrangements that bring together experts from different fields. Typical expressions include monitieteisinä tutkimusalueina (as multidisciplinary research areas), monitieteisinä opintoina (as multidisciplinary studies), and monitieteisinä ryhminä (as multidisciplinary groups).

Relation to related concepts varies by language and context. Monitieteinen roughly corresponds to multidisciplinary, while poikkitieteellinen or rajatylittävä can be used for cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches that emphasize integration across disciplines. In Finnish academic discourse, monitieteisyys (multidisciplinarity) is the noun form that names the concept behind such practices.

Etymology and usage notes: the word combines moni- (many) with tiede (science) and the adjective suffix -inen. The form monitieteisinä appears in plural contexts when describing roles or states, for example as multidisciplinary groups or areas. As with many Finnish adjectives, the exact grammatical ending depends on the noun it modifies and the case used in the sentence.

See also: multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, poikkitieteellinen, monitieteisyys.