Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration Theory and Practice across Disciplines

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more in...

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Otros Autores: Frickel, Scott, 1965- (Editor), Albert, Mathieu, editor (editor), Albert, Mathieu (-), Cassidy, Angela, Croissant, Jennifer, Downey, Gregory J., Feinstein, Noah Weeth, Frickel, Scott, 1965- editor, Fukuda, Chisato, Ilhan, Ali O., Kleinman, Daniel Lee, Kuper, Ayelet, Leahey, Erin, Light, Ryan, McBee, Dave, Mody, Cyrus C.M, Nowotny, Helga, Panofsky, Aaron, Paradis, Elise, Peterson, Sigrid, Prainsack, Barbara, editor, Prainsack, Barbara, Reisch, Hauke, Sacco, Timothy, Smith-Doerr, Laurel, Vardi, Itai, adams, jimi
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick (NJ) Rutgers University Press 2016
New Brunswick, NJ : [2016]
Colección:American campus.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: The Messiness of Real-World Solutions / Nowotny, Helga
  • Introduction: Investigating Interdisciplinarities / Frickel, Scott / Albert, Mathieu / Prainsack, Barbara
  • Part I. Interdisciplinary Cultures and Careers
  • 1. New Directions, New Challenges: Trials and Tribulations of Interdisciplinary Research / McBee, David / Leahey, Erin
  • 2. The Frictions of Interdisciplinarity: The Case of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery / Downey, Gregory J. / Feinstein, Noah Weeth / Lee Kleinman, Daniel / Peterson, Sigrid / Fukuda, Chisato
  • 3. Epistemic Cultures of Collaboration: Coherence and Ambiguity in Interdisciplinarity / Smith-Doerr, Laurel / Croissant, Jennifer / Vardi, Itai / Sacco, Timothy
  • 4. Interdisciplinary Fantasy: Social Scientists and Humanities Scholars Working in Faculties of Medicine / Albert, Mathieu / Paradis, Elise / Kuper, Ayelet
  • Part II. Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity
  • 5. Some Dark Sides of Interdisciplinarity: The Case of Behavior Genetics / Panofsky, Aaron
  • 6. A Dynamic, Multidimensional Approach to Knowledge Production / Light, Ryan / Adams, Jimi
  • 7. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Change in Six Social Sciences: A Longitudinal Comparison / Frickel, Scott / Ilhan, Ali O.
  • Part III. Changing Context of Interdisciplinary Research
  • 8. "An Electro-Historical Focus with Real Interdisciplinary Appeal": Interdisciplinarity at Vietnam-Era Stanford / Mody, Cyrus C. M.
  • 9. Interdisciplinarity Reloaded? Drawing Lessons from "Citizen Science" / Prainsack, Barbara / Riesch, Hauke
  • 10. One Medicine? Advocating (Inter)disciplinarity at the Interfaces of Animal Health, Human Health, and the Environment / Cassidy, Angela
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index