Interdisciplinarity

Frodeman, Robert

doi:10.1057/9781137303028_3

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“…As Guha and Martinez-Alier put it in 1997 ( [125], p. 31), "[i]f political economy studies economic distributional conflicts, political ecology would study 'ecological distribution' conflicts". In this early work, the authors explicitly situate themselves in the tradition of ecological economics, and their rationale for investigating the question of distribution is the economic incommensurability of environmental assets with conventional economic assets ( [125], p. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. This critique is quite consistent with immanent critique (as is the critique of ecological economics examined in Section 3.3 above).…”

Section: Other Forms Of Critique Other Forms Of Researchmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…To be sure, in addition to the aforementioned work elaborating the practical challenges associated with interdisciplinary consortiums of varying sizes, some work coming from different philosophical traditions has sought to probe foundational questions of what interdisciplinarity means and how it is best theorized (see e.g., [26][27][28]). However, the practice of interdisciplinary research in SS has proceeded in relative isolation from these contributions, making it difficult to systematically evaluate the logic of interdisciplinarity in SS literature.…”

Section: Interdisciplinarity and Sustainability Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Paradigm Found? Immanent Critique to Tackle Interdisciplinarity and Normativity in Science for Sustainable Development

Boda

Faran

2018

Sustainability

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The ambition of this two-part article is to argue for immanent critique as a research strategy in sustainability studies. We do this by picking up and developing two central, cross-cutting themes in sustainability research, namely interdisciplinarity and normativity. It is widely suggested that the problem-driven and solution-focused orientation in sustainability studies necessitates interdisciplinarity and an engagement with questions of normativity, each creating problems regarding how science is conducted. For interdisciplinarity, questions remain regarding by what scientific procedure rational (i.e., non-arbitrary) interdisciplinarity can be accomplished. For normativity, it is unclear whether normativity can be addressed scientifically, or only politically; in other words, can normativity be objectively incorporated in sustainability research, and if so, how? Ultimately, the paper asks and answers the following questions: when should a researcher move from one discipline to another in sustainability research and, how do we judge the validity of the normative values that are deemed necessary for sustainability? In Part I, we show the silences, gaps, vagueness and inadequacies of how these themes are currently addressed in sustainability science literature, and from this move to propose immanent critique as a potential strategy for dealing with them in a scientific manner. In Part II, we exemplify our strategy by applying it to re-construct the debate over sustainable development, by far the most prominent topical focus in sustainability science research, producing a novel systematized typology of sustainable development approaches in the process. We conclude with reflections on how this paper amounts to an initial contribution to the construction of a Lakatosian research programme in sustainability studies.

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Section: Other Forms Of Critique Other Forms Of Researchmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Interdisciplinarity and Sustainability Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Paradigm Found? Immanent Critique to Tackle Interdisciplinarity and Normativity in Science for Sustainable Development

Boda

Faran

2018

Sustainability

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“…16 Second, multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity imply the cultivation of a set of personal virtues such as open-mindedness, disciplinary modesty and the ability to see things from different perspectives, which might lead to research trajectories that would be unthinkable otherwise. 17 Finally, multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity push a case-based approachas with this special issue and its focus on war endingsthat in turn leads to critical reassessments of scientific 'laws' and general principles. 18 At the same time, we also recognise that calls for multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity have been used by academics 'to gesture towards conducting research that's more relevant than "normal" disciplinary knowledge, while avoiding the painful task of actually working with people outside the academy' and that therefore multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity bring with it the risk of strengthening a certain academic tendency 'to get caught up in inside-baseball debates'.…”

Section: On the Added Value Of Multidisciplinarity And Interdisciplinmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do wars end? A multidisciplinary enquiry

Franco

Engberg-Pedersen

Mennecke

2019

Journal of Strategic Studies

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The cessation of military confrontations rarely coincides with the end of war. Legal and political matters continue after the last shot has been fired, civilians driven from their homes try to rebuild their houses and their lives, veterans need to adapt to their new role in civil society, and the struggle to define the history and the significance of past events only begins. In recent years, in particular, the changes in the character of contemporary warfare have created uncertainties across different disciplines about how to identify and conceptualise the end of war. It is therefore an opportune moment to examine how wars end from a multidisciplinary perspective that combines enquiries into the politics of war, the laws of war and the military and intellectual history of war. This approach enables both an understanding of how 'the end' as a concept informs the understanding of war in international relations, in international law and in history and a reconsideration of the nature of scientific method in the field of war studies as such.

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“…Hence, persistent attention to and respect for the connections between ontology and epistemology within the distinctive domain where research is supposed to contribute, is necessary for adequate theoretical endeavours [ 10 ]. Personally, we are involved in several interdisciplinary collaborations, appreciating the impact of such for the development of health care systems and sustainable knowledge [ 12 ]. Yet, we recommend caution when choosing evaluators from other disciplines.…”

Section: Challenges For Qualitative Research In the Phd Programsmentioning

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Qualitative methods in PhD theses from general practice in Scandinavia

Malterud

Hamberg

Reventlow

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Qualitative methodology is gaining increasing attention and esteem in medical research, with general practice research taking a lead. With these methods, human and social interaction and meaning can be explored and shared by systematic interpretation of text from talk, observation or video. Qualitative studies are often included in Ph.D. theses from general practice in Scandinavia. Still, the Ph.D. programs across nations and institutions offer only limited training in qualitative methods. In this opinion article, we draw upon our observations and experiences, unpacking and reflecting upon values and challenges at stake when qualitative studies are included in Ph.D. theses. Hypotheses to explain these observations are presented, followed by suggestions for standards of evaluation and improvement of Ph.D. programs. The authors conclude that multimethod Ph.D. theses should be encouraged in general practice research, in order to offer future researchers an appropriate toolbox.

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Interdisciplinarity

Cited by 36 publications

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Paradigm Found? Immanent Critique to Tackle Interdisciplinarity and Normativity in Science for Sustainable Development

Paradigm Found? Immanent Critique to Tackle Interdisciplinarity and Normativity in Science for Sustainable Development

How do wars end? A multidisciplinary enquiry

Qualitative methods in PhD theses from general practice in Scandinavia

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