The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity

by Frodeman, Robert; Klein, Julie Thompson; Mitcham, Carl

• ISBN13: 9780199643967
• ISBN10: 0199643962
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Interdisciplinarity is fast becoming as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the general public seek methods and approaches to help organize and integrate the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education. Taking stock of interdisciplinarity as it nears its century mark,The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarityconstitutes a major new reference work on a topic of growing academic and societal importance. The collection is distinguished by its breadth of coverage, with chapters written by leading experts from multiple networks and organizations. The volume is edited by respected interdisciplinary scholars and supported by a prestigious advisory board to ensure the highest quality and breadth of coverage. The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarityprovides a synoptic overview of the current state of interdisciplinary research, education, administration and management, and problem solving-knowledge that spans the disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and crosses the space between the academic community and society at large. Its 37 chapters and 15 case studies provide a snapshot of the state of knowledge integration. Offering the most broad-based account of inter- and transdisciplinarity to date, its original essays bring together many of the globe's leading thinkers on interdisciplinary research, education, and the institutional aspects of interdisciplinarity, as well as reflections on how knowledge is integrated into societal needs.

Table of Contents

Contributor biographies	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxix
The Terrain of Knowledge
A short history of knowledge formations	p. 3
A taxonomy of interdisciplinarity	p. 15
Interdisciplinary cases and disciplinary knowledge	p. 31
Box: Prospects for a philosophy of interdisciplinarity	p. 39
Deviant interdisciplinarity	p. 50
Against holism	p. 65
Interdisciplinarity in the Disciplines
Physical sciences	p. 79
Box: Mathematics and root interdisciplinarity	p. 88
Integrating the social sciences: theoretical knowledge, methodological tools, and practical applications	p. 103
Biological sciences	p. 119
Art and music research	p. 133
Engineering	p. 147
Religious studies	p. 161
Information research on interdisciplinarity	p. 174
Box: Transcending discipline-based library classifications	p. 180
Knowledge Interdisciplined
A field of its own: the emergence of science and technology studies	p. 191
Humanities and technology in the Information Age	p. 206
Box: Vectors: an interdisciplinary digital journal	p. 210
Media and communication	p. 220
Cognitive science	p. 234
Computation and simulation	p. 246
Interdisciplinarity in ethics and the ethics of interdisciplinarity	p. 259
Design as problem solving	p. 273
Box: InnovationSpace at Arizona State University	p. 276
Learning to synthesize: the development of interdisciplinary understanding	p. 288
Box: ZiF	p. 292
Box: Creativity and interdisciplinarity	p. 296
Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity
Evaluating interdisciplinary research	p. 309
Peer review	p. 321
Policy challenges and university reform	p. 333
Box: Transdisciplinary efforts at public science agencies: NSF's SciSIP program	p. 339
Administering interdisciplinary programs	p. 345
Undergraduate general education	p. 360
Box: The Association for Integrative Studies	p. 364
Interdisciplinary pedagogies in higher education	p. 372
Facilitating interdisciplinary scholars	p. 387
Doctoral student and early career academic perspectives	p. 404
A memoir of an interdisciplinary career	p. 419
Knowledge Transdisciplined
Solving problems through transdisciplinary research	p. 431
Box: td-net-the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences' forum for transdisciplinary research	p. 434
Box: Sustainability foresight: participative approaches to sustainable utility sectors	p. 441
Systems thinking	p. 453
Box: Mapping interdisciplinary research	p. 457
Cross-disciplinary team science initiatives: research, training, and translation	p. 471
Box: Managing consensus in interdisciplinary teams	p. 482
The environment	p. 494
Box: Biocuitural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species	p. 499
Health sciences and health services	p. 508
Box: Telehospice: a case study in healthcare intervention research	p. 511
Law	p. 522
Risk	p. 536
Corporate innovation	p. 546
Index	p. 561
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