Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity

Collaboration across Cultures and Communities. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 1,5 cm ( B/H/T )

Buch (Softcover), 280 Seiten

EAN 9780367654344

Veröffentlicht April 2022

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Beschreibung

This book systematizes and compares a wide international scope of case studies illustrating varied ways of institutionalizing theory and practice. It will be of great interest to students, scholars, practitioners, and members of organizations promoting and facilitating interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

Portrait

Bianca Vienni Baptista, Senior Researcher at the Transdisciplinarity Lab of the Department of Environmental Systems Science (USYS-TdLab), ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Julie Thompson Klein, Professor of Humanities Emerita at Wayne State University and International Research Affiliate in the Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Institutionalizing interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity Part I: Interdisciplinary institutional spaces and timeframes 2. Excellence with Impact: Why UK research policy discourages "Transdisciplinarity" 3. Taking inter- and trans-disciplinarity to eye-level with scientific disciplines (Leuphana College, Germany) 4. Interdisciplinary projects and science policies in Mexico 5. A long and winding road towards institutionalizing interdisciplinarity (Brazil) 6. Interdisciplinary education and research in North America Karri Part II: Transdisciplinary institutional spaces and timeframes 7. The rise of transdisciplinary 'boundary organisations' within the Australian Tertiary Education sector 8. A contextual approach to institutional change (Ghanaian higher education) 9. Development of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in modern Russian science and higher education 10. "Leaping over" disciplines: Historical context and future potential for inter- and trans-disciplinarity in Chinese higher education 11. Challenges and opportunities for implementing Transdisciplinary case study approaches in Post-Soviet academic systems 12. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan) Part III: Intersections between cultures and communities 13. Epistemic cultures in European intersections of Art-Science 14. Making and taking time: Work, funding and assessment infrastructures in inter- and trans-disciplinary research 15. Co-productive evaluation of inter- and transdisciplinary research and innovation Projects 16. Conclusions: A comparative framework for institutionalizing inter- and trans-disciplinary research and teaching in higher education