diff --git a/export/serializers/people.py b/export/serializers/people.py
index 5b7dd43..463feaa 100644
--- a/export/serializers/people.py
+++ b/export/serializers/people.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class PersonAnswerSetSerializer(base.FlattenedModelSerializer):
             'organisation',
             'organisation_started_date',
             'job_title',
-            'disciplines',
             'themes',
             'latitude',
             'longitude',
diff --git a/people/forms.py b/people/forms.py
index afa2207..6ff2b37 100644
--- a/people/forms.py
+++ b/people/forms.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class PersonAnswerSetForm(forms.ModelForm, DynamicAnswerSetBase):
             'organisation',
             'organisation_started_date',
             'job_title',
-            'disciplines',
             'themes',
             'latitude',
             'longitude',
diff --git a/people/migrations/0034_remove_personanswerset_disciplines.py b/people/migrations/0034_remove_personanswerset_disciplines.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7224b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/people/migrations/0034_remove_personanswerset_disciplines.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.10 on 2021-02-15 13:54
+
+import re
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+from .utils.question_sets import port_question
+
+
+def migrate_forward(apps, schema_editor):
+    """Replace discipline text field with admin-editable question."""
+    PersonAnswerSet = apps.get_model('people', 'PersonAnswerSet')
+
+    discipline_question = port_question(apps,
+                                        'Disciplines', [],
+                                        is_multiple_choice=True,
+                                        allow_free_text=True)
+
+    for answerset in PersonAnswerSet.objects.all():
+        try:
+            disciplines = [
+                d.strip() for d in re.split(r'[,;]+', answerset.disciplines)
+            ]
+
+        except TypeError:
+            continue
+
+        for discipline in disciplines:
+            answer, _ = discipline_question.answers.get_or_create(
+                text=discipline)
+            answerset.question_answers.add(answer)
+
+
+def migrate_backward(apps, schema_editor):
+    """Replace discipline admin-editable question with text field."""
+    PersonAnswerSet = apps.get_model('people', 'PersonAnswerSet')
+    PersonQuestion = apps.get_model('people', 'PersonQuestion')
+
+    discipline_question = PersonQuestion.objects.filter(
+        text='Disciplines').latest('version')
+
+    for answerset in PersonAnswerSet.objects.all():
+        answerset.disciplines = ', '.join(
+            answerset.question_answers.filter(
+                question=discipline_question).values_list('text', flat=True))
+        answerset.save()
+
+    PersonQuestion.objects.filter(text='Disciplines').delete()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('people', '0033_person_sort_by_name'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(migrate_forward, migrate_backward),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='personanswerset',
+            name='disciplines',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/people/migrations/utils/question_sets.py b/people/migrations/utils/question_sets.py
index 6dfa082..cb66ff2 100644
--- a/people/migrations/utils/question_sets.py
+++ b/people/migrations/utils/question_sets.py
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-
 import typing
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
 
-def port_question(apps, question_text: str,
-                  answers_text: typing.Iterable[str]):
+def port_question(apps, question_text: str, answers_text: typing.Iterable[str],
+                  **kwargs):
     PersonQuestion = apps.get_model('people', 'PersonQuestion')
 
     try:
         prev_question = PersonQuestion.objects.filter(
             text=question_text).latest('version')
         question = PersonQuestion.objects.create(
-            text=question_text, version=prev_question.version + 1)
+            text=question_text, version=prev_question.version + 1, **kwargs)
 
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
-        question = PersonQuestion.objects.create(text=question_text)
+        question = PersonQuestion.objects.create(text=question_text, **kwargs)
 
     for answer_text in answers_text:
         question.answers.get_or_create(text=answer_text)
diff --git a/people/models/person.py b/people/models/person.py
index 03ab88b..6543491 100644
--- a/people/models/person.py
+++ b/people/models/person.py
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ class PersonAnswerSet(AnswerSet):
     #: Job title this person holds within their organisation
     job_title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=False)
 
-    #: Discipline(s) within which this person works
-    disciplines = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
-
     #: Project themes within this person works
     themes = models.ManyToManyField(Theme, related_name='people', blank=True)
 
diff --git a/people/templates/people/person/includes/answer_set_full.html b/people/templates/people/person/includes/answer_set_full.html
index 8bcb346..799464e 100644
--- a/people/templates/people/person/includes/answer_set_full.html
+++ b/people/templates/people/person/includes/answer_set_full.html
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
         <tr><td>Job Title</td><td>{{ answer_set.job_title }}</td></tr>
     {% endif %}
 
-    {% if answer_set.disciplines %}
-        <tr><td>Discipline(s)</td><td>{{ answer_set.disciplines }}</td></tr>
-    {% endif %}
-
     {% if answer_set.themes.exists %}
         <tr>
             <td>Project Themes</td>