By Gary M. Olson, Judith S. Olson, Dan Stokols and Maritza Salazar Campo

2. Judith S. Olson (biography)
3. Dan Stokols (biography)
4. Maritza Salazar Campo (biography)
In this blog post we review the benefits and difficulties of working in teams before introducing a new web site whose goal is to help those carrying out collaborative interdisciplinary projects to solve problems and be more effective.
Benefits of working in teams
Working in teams has at least five major benefits:
- enables access to broader expertise
- enlarges access to more resources
- creates synergies
- builds on past success
- expands funding opportunities.