Practising Interdisciplinarity

Published by University of Toronto Press 2000

Practising Interdisciplinarity

Edited by: Nico Stehr and Peter Weingart

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678729

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About this book

First-hand insights into the operations and successes of some of the world's foremost interdisciplinary research centres and the ways in which interdisciplinarity is researched, organized, and taught around the world.

Author / Editor information

Stehr Nico :

Nico Stehr is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta. During the 2000/2001 academic year, he held fellowships at the Hanse Centre for Advanced Studies and the Centre for Advanced Cultural Studies, in Germany.Weingart Peter :

Peter Weingart is a professor at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies, University of Bielefeld, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part I. The Popularity, Functions, and Paradoxes of Interdisciplinarity: The Discourse
1. A Conceptual Vocabulary of Interdisciplinary Science Julie Thompson Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Interdisciplinarity: The Paradoxical Discourse Peter Weingart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
PART II. THE CHANGING TOPOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE
3.What Are Disciplines? And How Is Interdisciplinarity Different? Stephen Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. The Interdisciplinary Nature of Science: Theoretical Framework and Bibliometric-Empirical Approach Anthony Rj. Van Raan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. Mapping the New Cultures and Organization of Research in Australia Tim Turpin and Sam Garrett-Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
PART III. NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY
6. Beyond One's Own Perspective: The Psychology of Cognitive Interdisciplinarity Rainer Bromme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. Practising Interdisciplinary Studies Rhodri Windsor Liscombe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
8. Cognitive Science as an Interdisciplinary Endeavour Marc De Mey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
9. Inducing Interdisciplinarity: Irresistible Infliction? The Example of a Research Group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany Sabine Maasen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
10. Interdisciplinary Research at the Caltech Beckman Institute Eric R. Scerri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
11. Major Discoveries and Biomedical Research Organizations: Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity, Nurturing Leadership, and Integrated Structure and Cultures Rogers Hollingsworth and Ellen Jane Hollingsworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
PART IV. THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FUNDERS
12. Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives at the U.S. National Science Foundation Edward J. Hackett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
13. Beyond the Ivory Tower: Some Observations on External Funding of Interdisciplinary Research in Universities Wilhelm Krull Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
Concluding Comments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: April 6, 2000
ISBN: 9781442678729