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Interdisciplinary sensitivity takes into account the epistemic upheaval of the Anthropocene. However, the still fragmented academic organization between nature and society counteracts intellectual progress. The paper explores the possibilities of enhancing collaboration between biology and sociology by providing an empirical reflection of common methodological grounds. Building on practice theory, pragmatism, science studies and sociocultural anthropology, I discuss current nature–society relationships through an ethnography of a taxonomist’s laboratory, followed up by a biodiversity expedition in Papua New Guinea. I address analogical thinking as a device for interdisciplinary collaboration through four modes of fieldwork enrollment: Ontological, disciplinary, transdisciplinary and experimental. The paper concludes with two arguments: Firstly, fieldwork could engender new knowledge in between differing epistemic cultures and, secondly, an analogical fieldwork approach based on the interrelatedness of experience, trial and cooperation facilitates promising pathways for sustainable futures of inquiry.

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Has society become a “real-world laboratory”? Tanja Bogusz asks this question in her book as she traces back the experimentalist approach from early American pragmatism to contemporary world society. She recommends that sociology, as a discipline, transform from a science of crisis towards an experimental science of experience, focusing on heterogeneous cooperation to overcome the epistemic disparities of our time. The speakers will discuss the book’s core ideas, as well as its impact on current global challenges.Springer, in association with the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS), University of Hamburg, is delighted to invite you to join the author and the internationally renowned panellists at this online event. Professor Stefan Aykut, Director, CSS, will begin the event with a short introduction on the center's programs.

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