Communicating Complex Concepts

“Communicating Complex Concepts” In, O'Rourke, M., Crowley, S., Eigenbrode, S. D., Wulfhorst, J. D., eds. Enhancing Communication and Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2013.

This paper shows how breaking complex concepts into basic concepts facilitates interdisciplinary communication. It then develops a set of detailed guidelines for coping with ambiguity in interdisciplinary communication.