Transformation in Action

The Challenge

Academic research has traditionally been confined within disciplinary boundaries, limiting the potential for breakthrough discoveries that often emerge at the intersection of fields. The Pacific Institute needed a digital platform that could transcend these silos, connecting researchers across disciplines while maintaining the academic rigor and credibility essential to scholarly work. The existing platform lacked visual cohesion, featured suboptimal user experience for researchers, and had navigation that failed to support cross-disciplinary discovery effectively.

Our Approach

• 1

  Conducted extensive research into academic workflows across disciplines to identify common patterns and discipline-specific needs

• 2

  Developed a modular information architecture that allows users to navigate both vertically within disciplines and horizontally across related fields

• 3

  Created interactive data visualizations that reveal connections between papers based on methodologies, concepts, and citation patterns

• 4

  Designed a responsive interface optimized for different research contexts – from focused reading to collaborative analysis

• 5

  Implemented a comprehensive accessibility strategy to ensure the platform serves researchers of all abilities