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ERIC Number: EJ1237447
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-4760
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"Advancing" Interdisciplinary Studies: The Boundary Work of Integrating, Complexifying, and Professionalizing
Klein, Julie Thompson
Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, v36 n2 p45-67 2018
This article places William Newell's work on interdisciplinary studies (IDS) within the larger landscape of definitions, theories, and practices of interdisciplinarity. It begins by benchmarking three of his major contributions to the field of interdisciplinary studies read in the context of expanding literature on related topics: specifically his efforts to make integration the foundation of process-based best practices, to establish a theoretical framework grounded in complexity, and to professionalize the field of IDS. It then examines two challenges to AIS today that Newell alerted members to in a 2013 reflection on the state of the field -- transdisciplinarity and team science -- followed by added insights from two areas -- policy sciences and interprofessionalism. The article closes by reflecting on current conflicting priorities, renewed debate on the relationship of disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity, and efforts to explore intersections of multiple organizations vested in inter- and transdisciplinarity today.
Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Oakland University, Macomb County, 44575 Garfield Road Building UC2 Suite 103, Clinton Township, MI 48038. Tel: 586-263-6098; Fax: 586-263-6261; e-mail: aisorg@oakland.edu; Web site: https://interdisciplinarystudies.org/issues/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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