Logics of interdisciplinarity

Barry, Andrew; Born, Georgina; Weszkalnys, Gisa

doi:10.1080/03085140701760841

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“…Despite these challenges, systems biology is an excellent example of a field that is explicitly interdisciplinary, if this is defined as the integration and synthesis of perspectives from different disciplines (see Barry et al 2008;Thompson Klein 1990). This interdisciplinarity is driven both by the object of study and the questions that are being asked.…”

Section: Systems Biology As Big Sciencementioning

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Systems biology, big science and grand challenges

Calvert

2013

BioSocieties

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Section: Systems Biology As Big Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Systems biology, big science and grand challenges

Calvert

2013

BioSocieties

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“…Rather than emphasising integration of divergent analytic tools, we suggest that there is value in adopting an 'agonist-antagonist' mode of interdisciplinarity (Barry et al 2008), in which we 'keep it complex' (Stirling 2010), and pursue plural and diverse approaches rather than integration and synthesis. A number of recent articles suggest ways in which this might be achieved, through establishing 'dialogue' and 'constructive conflict' between model-based scenarios and narrative scenarios or historical analogies (McDowall 2014;McDowall in press), and using pluralist 'bridging strategies' (Turnheim et al 2015;Geels et al 2016).…”

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Ten challenges for computer models in transitions research: Commentary on Holtz et al.

McDowall¹,

Geels

2017

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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Abstract:The emergence of a dedicated modelling community within the transitions field is to be welcomed, and the authors of a recent paper in EIST (Holtz et al. 2015) make many valuable points. We build on their position paper in two ways. First, we reflect on some of the ways in which modelling in other areas of 'sustainability science' has sometimes fallen short of the strengths articulated. Second, we extend some of Holtz et al.'s discussion of the epistemological and ontological challenges for modelling transitions. We suggest ten challenges in response to the more optimistic claims made by Holtz et al., and we provide some additional suggestions for ways forward. In particular, we suggest that seeking closer integration of qualitative, socio-technical analysis with models may not always be the best strategy. Rather, pluralist 'bridging strategies' and dialogue between analytic approaches may be more productive.

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“…Against this background, the project under consideration is interdisciplinary, as it includes several disciplines and engages in integrated research, through shared research questions and a cross-sectional project. However, there are a lot of taxonomies of interdisciplinary research approaches, with various grades of intensity (Barry et al 2008, Buller 2009, Huutoniemi et al 2010. Despite this richness in theory, the operationalization is difficult and multiple dimensions, i.e., empirical, methodological, and theoretical interdisciplinarity, need to be considered (Huutoniemi et al 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The literature contains various definitions of cross-disciplinary approaches, mostly with a widely acknowledged differentiation into the following categories: multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and transdisciplinarity (Barry et al 2008, Mobjörk 2010, Stock and Burton 2011. The differentiation between those categories can be made based on the actors involved and the motives of integration from a 'synthesis phase' to a shared problem definition (Mobjörk 2010).…”

Section: Interdisciplinaritymentioning

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The role played by social-ecological resilience as a method of integration in interdisciplinary research

Beichler¹,

Hasibovic²,

Davidse³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Today's multifaceted environmental problems, including climate change, necessitate interdisciplinary research. It is however difficult to combine disciplines to study such complex phenomena. We analyzed the experience we gained in applying a particular method of interdisciplinary integration, the 'bridging concept.' We outlined the entire process of developing, utilizing, and adapting social-ecological resilience as a bridging concept in a research project involving seven different disciplines. We focused on the tensions and opportunities arising from interdisciplinary dialogue and the understandings and manifestations of resilience in the disciplines involved. By evaluating the specific cognitive and social functions of resilience as a method of integration, we call for placing greater emphasis on the quality and value of the actual interdisciplinary process, rather than concentrating solely on the output of interdisciplinary work.

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Logics of interdisciplinarity

Cited by 445 publications

References 51 publications

Systems biology, big science and grand challenges

Systems biology, big science and grand challenges

Ten challenges for computer models in transitions research: Commentary on Holtz et al.

The role played by social-ecological resilience as a method of integration in interdisciplinary research

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