Integrating Knowledge Through Interdisciplinary Research

Author : Dominic Holland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134490097

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Integrating Knowledge Through Interdisciplinary Research by Dominic Holland Pdf

In this important new text, Holland seeks to explain, by means of social scientific and philosophical inquiry, the difficulties that researchers often experience when attempting to integrate knowledge from different academic disciplines, either individually or as part of a team of subject specialists. It is argued that the difficulty of integrating knowledge from different academic disciplines is the result of, firstly, an inadequate justification of the nature of scientific integration and differentiation and, secondly, the dominance of disciplinary specialization in scientific inquiry. By focusing on both the theoretical justification for, and the practical feasibility of, integrating knowledge through interdisciplinary research, this book asks what properties of reality make the integration of knowledge from different academic disciplines possible and to what extent it is feasible to integrate knowledge through interdisciplinary research within a traditional, disciplinary context. Accordingly the text is both philosophical and social scientific in content: philosophical in the sense that it presents a theory of causal determination, which will help researchers to understand how reality is both differentiated and interconnected; social scientific in the sense that it presents the results of three case studies of collaborative interdisciplinary research projects. The book is heavily informed by the philosophy of critical realism. The philosophical argument about the possibility of integration and specialization in science draws explicitly on some of the key concepts of critical realism – particularly those comprising the theory of ‘integrative pluralism’ – while critical realist assumptions underpin the social scientific argument about the causal influence of the social system of knowledge production. By exploring researchers’ conceptions of knowledge and of reality on the one hand and their decisions about what sort of knowledge to produce on the other, Holland shows how the difficulty of scientific integration is both a problem of knowledge and a problem of knowledge production. This book is essential reading for students and academics interested in the emerging topic of knowledge integration and interdisciplinarity.

Author : Stephanie Brodie,Christopher Cvitanovic,Maria Grazia Pennino,Jon Lopez,André Frainer,Kelly Ortega-Cisneros,Natasa Maria Vaidianu,Samiya Ahmed Selim,Sabine Mathesius
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889763016

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Solving Complex Ocean Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Research: Advances from Early Career Marine Scientists by Stephanie Brodie,Christopher Cvitanovic,Maria Grazia Pennino,Jon Lopez,André Frainer,Kelly Ortega-Cisneros,Natasa Maria Vaidianu,Samiya Ahmed Selim,Sabine Mathesius Pdf

The Topic Editors Stephanie Brodie, Christopher Cvitanovic, Maria Grazia Pennino, Jon Lopez and André Frainer declare that they are members of the IMBeR (Integrated Marine Biosphere Research) network and IMECaN (Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network) and are collaborating with the IMBeR research community.

Author : Allen F. Repko,Rick Szostak,Michelle Phillips Buchberger
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544379388

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Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies by Allen F. Repko,Rick Szostak,Michelle Phillips Buchberger Pdf

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to interdisciplinary studies with an approach that is conceptual and practical. Completely updated to reflect advances in the literature on research, learning, and assessment, the book describes the role of both disciplines and interdisciplinarity within the academy, and how these have evolved. Authors Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger effectively show students how to think like interdisciplinarians in order to facilitate their working with topics, complex problems, or themes that span multiple disciplines. New to the Third Edition are guiding questions at the start of each chapter, a discussion of the public policy issue of "basic income" as an example at the end of each chapter, application of interdisciplinary techniques in daily life, enhanced discussion of ethical decision-making, and updated examples and references throughout. FREE SAGE edge online resources gives instructors and students the edge they need to succeed with an array of teaching and learning tools in one easy-to-navigate website.

Author : Allen F. Repko
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412959155

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Interdisciplinary Research by Allen F. Repko Pdf

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research offers comprehensive treatment of the interdisciplinary research process commonly used by interdisciplinarians. The concise and guided resource on the most commonly accepted interdisciplinary studies principles as applied to the research process covers topics such as: deciding how to choose disciplines relevant to the problem or topi; dealing with disciplinary and ideological bias; making explicit the rationale for taking an interdisciplinary approach, and choosing research methods appropriate to the problem or topic.

Author : Al-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser,Al-Kindi, Abdullah Khamis,AlKindi, Salim Said,Saleem, Naifa Eid
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781522538790

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Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Knowledge Generation and Problem Solving by Al-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser,Al-Kindi, Abdullah Khamis,AlKindi, Salim Said,Saleem, Naifa Eid Pdf

Interdisciplinary research is a method that has become efficient in accelerating scientific discovery. The integration of such processes in problem solving and knowledge generation is a vital part of learning and instruction. Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Knowledge Generation and Problem Solving is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on interdisciplinary projects from around the world, highlighting the broad range of circumstances in which this approach can be effectively used to solve problems and generate new knowledge. Featuring coverage on a number of topics and perspectives such as industrial design, ethnographic methods, and methodological pluralism, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on the promotion of interdisciplinarity for knowledge production.

Author : Margaret A. Somerville,David Rapport
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Human services
ISBN : 9780773525450

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Transdisciplinarity by Margaret A. Somerville,David Rapport Pdf

This book addresses the need for transdisciplinarity, a new and important approach to solution of global problems.

Author : Machiel Keestra,Anne Uilhoorn,Jelle Zandveld
Publisher : AUP Educatief
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9048557593

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An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research by Machiel Keestra,Anne Uilhoorn,Jelle Zandveld Pdf

We are increasingly realizing that, as a result of technological developments and globalization, problems are becoming so complex that they can only be solved through cooperation between scientists from different disciplines. Healthcare, climate change, food security, globalization, and quality of life are just a few examples of issues that require scientists to work across disciplines. In many cases, extra-academic stakeholders must be involved in order to arrive at robust solutions. Young academics are being called on to step beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplines to contribute to addressing fundamental, often societal problems. As a result of these developments, an interdisciplinary approach is becoming increasingly necessary and popular in higher education. Students need to learn more about how to integrate and apply knowledge, methods, and skills from different fields. The crucial step of integration within interdisciplinary research is treated extensively in this textbook, which contains a comprehensive 'interdisciplinary integration toolbox'. In addition, students must learn to collaborate in teams. An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research serves as a systematic manual to guide students through this interdisciplinary research process.

Author : M. Karanika-Murray,R. Wiesemes
Publisher : Nottingham University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781904761686

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Exploring Avenues to Interdisciplinary Research by M. Karanika-Murray,R. Wiesemes Pdf

Spanning a variety of disciplines such as education, psychology, law, architecture, media, and health care, this collection presents the latest contributions on interdisciplinary theory and practice. Through the point of view of new interdisciplinarians, this compilation discusses the exciting developments as well as the current problems and challenges in the field. A result of the first Cross-Disciplinary Research Conference held at the University of Nottingham, this volume illustrates the various approaches and applications of interdisciplinary research. From the arts to biomedical neuroscience, the areas exemplified are as multifaceted as the topic itself.

Author : Allen F. Repko,Rick Szostak
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506330471

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Interdisciplinary Research by Allen F. Repko,Rick Szostak Pdf

The Third Edition of Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory offers a comprehensive and systematic presentation of the interdisciplinary research process and the theory that informs it. Authors Allen F. Repko and Rick Szostak illustrate each step of the decision-making process by drawing on student and professional work from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and applied fields. Designed for active learning and problem-based approaches as well as for more traditional approaches, the book now includes more examples from real student research projects and adds more tables and figures to enliven the discussion.

Author : Michael O'Rourke,Stephen Crowley,Sanford D. Eigenbrode,J. D. Wulfhorst
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483312088

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Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research by Michael O'Rourke,Stephen Crowley,Sanford D. Eigenbrode,J. D. Wulfhorst Pdf

Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Michael O'Rourke, Stephen Crowley, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, and J. D. Wulfhorst, is a volume of previously unpublished, state-of-the-art chapters on interdisciplinary communication and collaboration written by leading figures and promising junior scholars in the world of interdisciplinary research, education, and administration. Designed to inform both teaching and research, this innovative book covers the spectrum of interdisciplinary activity, offering a timely emphasis on collaborative interdisciplinary work. The book’s four main parts focus on theoretical perspectives, case studies, communication tools, and institutional perspectives, while a final chapter ties together the various strands that emerge in the book and defines trend-lines and future research questions for those conducting work on interdisciplinary communication.

Author : Gabriele Bammer
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781922144287

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Disciplining Interdisciplinarity by Gabriele Bammer Pdf

This book provides collaborative research teams with a systematic approach for addressing complex real-world problems like widespread poverty, global climate change, organised crime, and escalating health care costs. The three core domains are Synthesising disciplinary and stakeholder knowledge,Understanding and managing diverse unknowns, andProviding integrated research support for policy and practice change. Each of these three domains is organised around five questions For what and for whom?Which knowledge, unknowns and aspects of policy or practice?How?Context?Outcome? This simple framework lays the foundations for developing compilations of concepts, methods and case studies about applying systems thinking, scoping and boundary setting, framing, dealing with values, harnessing and managing differences, undertaking dialogue, building models, applying common metrics, accepting unknowns, advocacy, end-user engagement, understanding authorisation, dealing with organisational facilitators and barriers, and much more. The book makes a case for a new research style—integrative applied research—and a new discipline of Integration and Implementation Sciences or I2S. It advocates for progressing these through an I2S Development Drive. It builds on theory and practice-based research in multi-, inter- and transdisciplinarity, post-normal science, systemic intervention, integrated assessment, sustainability science, team science, mode 2, action research and other approaches. The book concludes with 24 commentaries by Simon Bronitt; L. David Brown; Marcel Bursztyn and Maria Beatriz Maury; Lawrence Cram; Ian Elsum; Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski; Fasihuddin; Howard Gadlin and L. Michelle Bennett; Budi Haryanto; Julie Thompson Klein; Ted Lefroy; Catherine Lyall; M. Duane Nellis; Linda Neuhauser; Deborah O’Connell with Damien Farine, Michael O’Connor and Michael Dunlop; Michael O’Rourke; Christian Pohl; Merritt Polk; Alison Ritter; Alice Roughley; Michael Smithson; Daniel Walker; Michael Wesley; and Glenn Withers. These begin a process of appraisal, discussion and debate across diverse networks.

Author : Robert Frodeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Cognitive science
ISBN : OCLC:794549378

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The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity by Robert Frodeman Pdf

Taking stock of interdisciplinarity as it nears its century mark, the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity constitutes a major new reference work on the topic of interdisciplinarity, a concept of growing academic and societal importance. Interdisciplinarity is fast becoming as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the general public are seeking methods and approaches to help organize and integrate the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education. The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity provides a synoptic overview of the current state of interdisciplinary research, education, administration and management, and problem solving-knowledge that spans the disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and crosses the space between the academic community and society at large. Its 37 chapters and 14 case studies provide a snapshot of the state of knowledge integration as interdisciplinarity approaches its century mark. This groundbreaking text offers by far the most broad-based account of inter- and transdisciplinarity to date. Its original essays bring together many of the globe's leading thinkers on interdisciplinary research, education, and the institutional aspects of interdisciplinarity, as well as extended reflections on how knowledge is integrated into societal needs.

Author : Pavlát, Vladislav,Knihová, Ladislava,Civín, Lubomír,Halík, Jaroslav,MacGregor Pelikánová, Radka
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799886716

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Applying Interdisciplinarity to Globalization, Management, Marketing, and Accountancy Science by Pavlát, Vladislav,Knihová, Ladislava,Civín, Lubomír,Halík, Jaroslav,MacGregor Pelikánová, Radka Pdf

With the world becoming increasingly interconnected and complex, traditional means are no longer sufficient to address complex global issues. Scholars often struggle to navigate the intricate web of interdisciplinary research and theory. This gap in understanding leaves many academics feeling adrift in their pursuit of knowledge, unable to harness the full potential of interdisciplinary collaboration. Applying Interdisciplinarity to Globalization, Management, Marketing, and Accountancy Science offers a comprehensive and up-to-date solution to the obstacles of interdisciplinarity. It meticulously analyzes the theory and methodology of interdisciplinarity as it exists in the most relevant literature, and through a detailed examination of four vital disciplines in the applied economy, it compares and contrasts the dynamics of globalization and its reflections within these fields. Furthermore, it uncovers the hidden infrastructures supporting these disciplines and offers practical insights into applying this knowledge in research and practice. This book is an indispensable resource for scholars and educators across diverse disciplines, empowering them to embrace interdisciplinarity with confidence.

Author : Chief Editor- Biplab Auddya, Editor- Rajni Baghel, Dr. Laxmi Dagar, Dr.M.Dhanalakshmi, Ms. P. Sharmila Devi, Archana Kasaudhan, Dr. Amairullah Khan Lodhi
Publisher : The Hill Publication
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9788196679965

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Multidisciplinary Approach in Research Area (Volume-5) by Chief Editor- Biplab Auddya, Editor- Rajni Baghel, Dr. Laxmi Dagar, Dr.M.Dhanalakshmi, Ms. P. Sharmila Devi, Archana Kasaudhan, Dr. Amairullah Khan Lodhi Pdf

Author : Machiel Keestra,Steph Menken
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048531615

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An introduction to interdisciplinary research by Machiel Keestra,Steph Menken Pdf

One of the major areas of emphasis in academia in recent years has been interdisciplinary research, a trend that promises new insights and innovations rooted in cross-disciplinary collaboration. This book is designed to help students understand the tools required for stepping beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries and applying knowledge and insights from multiple fields. Relentlessly focused on practical applications, the book will enable students to plan and execute their own interdisciplinary research projects.