Areas of research are constantly emerging, merging, and transforming. Some issues--such as societal, environmental, economic, and philosophical ones--are complex and multifaceted. Thus, they cannot be understood from the lens of a single field of study. W James Jacob argues specialization lacks “in addressing larger and more complex issues... [Interdisciplinary] approaches take a much broader view of the entire landscape, first by surveying the forest and afterwards drawing upon various tree experts depending on the needs, contexts and circumstances” Jacob 2015.