Reinvention : Interconnectedness, Interdisciplinarity & Sustainability

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our readers are safe and well despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Since our last publication, the pandemic has remained a constant in our lives, and the interconnectedness of our world has been more important than ever.
This issue brings you a uni ed yet diverse set of content with four original undergraduate research papers, two book reviews of The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells and a guest article that explores sustainable development as a theme in interdisciplinary undergraduate research. We do not publish themed editions at Reinvention, but this time around, the idea of sustainability, and its importance and versatility, has been highlighted. This idea is perfectly re ected in the cover of this issue by our assistant editors Yogen Mudgal and Karan Khagram as these concerns about our dynamic environment, political institutions and global relationships -and sustaining them -are extremely important to young academics, and this issue re ects those concerns and how to navigate our complex relationship with them. Charlotte Sinden's paper 'Incorporating sustainability into the academic institution' explores the role that universities play in promoting sustainability by embedding it into their teaching and practices. The paper kicks off the issue by highlighting how vital education is in achieving a more sustainable future and the various complexities that this presents in the context of higher education. The nal paper is Onubha Hoque Syed's 'Investigating the factors behind differences in "lay" and "expert" medical knowledge in the context of fever treatment in Yangon, Myanmar', which explores the role of the experiences of patients and healthcare workers in the creation of health policy, with a speci c focus on the interactions between 'lay' and 'expert' knowledge. Their paper demonstrates the value of contextualised solutions to healthcare problems, which will ultimately yield more sustainable and stronger relationships between people and healthcare that represent the diversity of narratives within health systems.
We also have the honour to present Professor Marco Haenssgen's guest article, where he comments on sustainable development and interdisciplinarity as major themes in undergraduate research and the importance of promoting these in the future. This issue presents a diverse range of content and themes that all comment on ideas of interconnectedness, interdisciplinarity and sustainability. I believe this directly re ects the academic climate and the growing interest in examining complexities in the relationships between people, countries and environments. Reinvention has always held the concepts of interdisciplinarity and internationality in the highest regard, and our mission is to continue to highlight their importance in academic research. This issue has demonstrated just how the combination of these approaches produces incredibly thought-provoking and inspiring research, and we hope this continues to be the trend.
I want to thank and congratulate everyone who contributed to this issue, especially during these unprecedented times. I hope this issue and the themes in it speak to our readers and give insight into the vast possibilities in undergraduate research. We look forward to new submissions, collaborations and projects for our next issue and beyond as we continue to explore these themes further.
To cite this paper please use the following details: Siukosaari, A. (2021)