Professor Helen Kelly-Holmes:

I agree. It is important that they encompass the full scale of disciplines and activities. It is also important not to exclude any area. Sometimes we might feel that AHSS cannot contribute to innovation or to the economy. Of course, we can. A large part of the economy is based on arts, humanities and social sciences. We lead in this. It is important that we do not tie ourselves into very narrow definitions that exclude science. Many scientists need and want to do that single principal investigator-type work. I refer to my colleagues in maths, for instance. It is not in those kinds of crossover disciplines. That aspect is very important. I would err on the side of fewer definitions. As we said, the problem is there are some partial definitions included.