title: University of Illinois at Chicago's interdisciplinary center for research on violence: changing systems to prevent violence in Chicago and beyond.
abstract: This article describes an interdisciplinary center at the University of Illinois at Chicago focused on collaborative research on violence. Our center is unique in its emphasis on developing infrastructure and distinctive processes for overcoming obstacles to interdisciplinary research; the involvement of outside policy makers, advocates, and service providers in jointly discussing and developing research proposals; the breadth of commitments from leading violence researchers and administrators across five colleges; and the innovativeness of proposed research projects that support interdisciplinary activity and show promise for funding. The center has developed an infrastructure to address violence-related issues in both research and teaching. This article discusses the challenges of implementation and boundary spanning in a university context and makes recommendations for sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, Law & Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. schewepa@uic.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schewe
authors.forename: Carl C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattaini
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riger
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Risser
authors.forename: Dennis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Amie M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schuck
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ullman
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000193:education*; D002641:Chicago; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*