Stember, an author who has studied the interdisciplinary perspective, argues that the practical argument for interdisciplinarity is that problems of the world are not organized according to academic disciplines. Stember says further that Topics concerning human motives, family, groups, institutions, and political and economic life, for example, are the focus of many social science disciplines Understanding and finding solutions to pressing problems such as health, pollution, communications, and defense require perspectives and knowledge across several disciplines.
