Only the combination of different 'expertise' and other forms of knowledge makes it possible to adequately address the Institute's areas of research and mediation. This also includes practical skills in dealing with issues and challenges specific to the Alpine region. Thus, the Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps sees itself as a place of lived interdisciplinarity as an encounter between primarily humanities and social science, but also natural science approaches, between sciences, empirical knowledge and the arts, between academic, cultural and political thought patterns and discourses. In this way, the Institute brings together different forms of knowledge and knowledge dynamics beyond disciplinary training and conditioning in a fruitful exchange.