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Table A1.

Example of thematic analysis approach for interview text

Research question: how do and can, research institutes facilitate interdisciplinary research within their units and universities?
Interview text	First coding	Second coding	Theme
I can think of two major categories of benefits for affiliation and engagement. We are an academic Switzerland. We are a place where the disciplines and faculties can work together. We have infrastructure on the basics of grant management, project management, to sort of help to have the space for a convening of ideas from colleagues and schools from different disciplines. The University is very proud of its interdisciplinary culture. We have schools and masters that have interdisciplinary themes running through them. We harvest on the wonderful culture that has been built here already but there is still needs to be dedicated resources to facilitate, convene and enable interdisciplinary work for areas of interest to the. It lowers the transaction costs for those faculties to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations. The second thing is that iterative bridge, which helps refine research questions and can create an improvement in the relevancy of the work in the target audience. The intellectual capital is not only being delivered but it is being refined in the process of conversation with external audiences	An academic Switzerland; a place where the disciplines and faculties can work together	Institute as a neutral convenor	Theme 2: Institutes as trusted convenors and honest brokers
	Space for a convening of ideas from faculty from schools from different disciplines	Institute as a convenor	Theme 2: Institutes as trusted convenors and honest brokers
	Needs to be dedicated resources to facilitate, convene and enable interdisciplinary work …	Institute lowers the transaction costs for interdisciplinary research	Theme 1: Institutes as a large and valued network of faculty interested in sustainability research
	Lowers the transaction costs for those faculty to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations	Institute lowers the transaction costs for interdisciplinary research	Theme 1: Institutes as a large and valued network of faculty interested in sustainability research
	That iterative bridge helps refine research questions and can create an improvement in the relevancy of the work in the target audience	Institute helps define and refine research questions	Theme 4: Institutes as a locus for big interdisciplinary ideas and questions

Research question: how do and can, research institutes facilitate interdisciplinary research within their units and universities?
Interview text	First coding	Second coding	Theme
I can think of two major categories of benefits for affiliation and engagement. We are an academic Switzerland. We are a place where the disciplines and faculties can work together. We have infrastructure on the basics of grant management, project management, to sort of help to have the space for a convening of ideas from colleagues and schools from different disciplines. The University is very proud of its interdisciplinary culture. We have schools and masters that have interdisciplinary themes running through them. We harvest on the wonderful culture that has been built here already but there is still needs to be dedicated resources to facilitate, convene and enable interdisciplinary work for areas of interest to the. It lowers the transaction costs for those faculties to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations. The second thing is that iterative bridge, which helps refine research questions and can create an improvement in the relevancy of the work in the target audience. The intellectual capital is not only being delivered but it is being refined in the process of conversation with external audiences	An academic Switzerland; a place where the disciplines and faculties can work together	Institute as a neutral convenor	Theme 2: Institutes as trusted convenors and honest brokers
	Space for a convening of ideas from faculty from schools from different disciplines	Institute as a convenor	Theme 2: Institutes as trusted convenors and honest brokers
	Needs to be dedicated resources to facilitate, convene and enable interdisciplinary work …	Institute lowers the transaction costs for interdisciplinary research	Theme 1: Institutes as a large and valued network of faculty interested in sustainability research
	Lowers the transaction costs for those faculty to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations	Institute lowers the transaction costs for interdisciplinary research	Theme 1: Institutes as a large and valued network of faculty interested in sustainability research
	That iterative bridge helps refine research questions and can create an improvement in the relevancy of the work in the target audience	Institute helps define and refine research questions	Theme 4: Institutes as a locus for big interdisciplinary ideas and questions