Interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes for environmental management under different socio-natural conditions

Abstract

Interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes as part of environmental management respond to the increasing complexity of socio-natural changes in recent decades. Two similar studies of eutrophication in raw water reservoirs for drinking water production in Norway and China are used to discuss interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes organised through the DPSIR framework (drivers, pressures, states, impacts, and responses) as instruments for environmental management. The conclusion is that interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes can enhance the understanding of complex socio-natural processes under distinctly different institutional systems. The DPSIR framework was not necessary for achieving the desired result.

Digital Monitoring of Antibiotic Resistance (ABR) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Literature Review

“…An interdisciplinary approach entails interaction, collaboration, and cooperation among scientific, academic, and non-academic disciplines, researchers, and stakeholders, to integrate scientific, technical, and nontechnical knowledge as bases for policymaking at the higher level and context-specific implementation at the practice level [33]. The need for an interdisciplinary approach to tackle ABR is well documented because of the interconnected domains like human, veterinary, food, environment, etc., and the involvement of multiple stakeholders [34].…”

Social science research contributions to antimicrobial resistance: protocol for a scoping review

“…The adoption of a cross-sectoral 'one-health' or 'eco-health' approach has therefore been widely advocated [16][17][18][19]. Others have argued for a more 'overtly interdisciplinary' approach [20] or for an 'extended peer community' (engaged citizenry) approach to the issue [21][22][23][24], going beyond 'behaviour' [25,26], 'resistance' [27], 'drugs and bugs' [28], 'academic tribes and territories' [29], and/or 'disciplinary epistemic cultures' [30,31].…”