| Description |
1 online resource (143 pages) |
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Palgrave pivot |
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Palgrave pivot.
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| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; About the Author; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mixed Messages for the Interdisciplinary Research Community; Avoiding Terminological Minefields; Objectives of the Book; Listening to the Loud and Soft Voices of Interdisciplinarity; Methods and Sampling Frame; Plan of the Book; My Role as Researcher; References; Chapter 2: "What Am I?" The Path to Becoming an Interdisciplinary Academic; Motivations; Career Aspirations and Development; Career Highs and Lows; Key Turning Points; Sense of Identity; References |
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Chapter 3: "Are You One of Us?" How Institutions Impact Interdisciplinary CareersThe Funding Driver; Changes to the Interdisciplinary Landscape; Institutional Support Mechanisms; Recognition and Reward; We Are What We Teach?; Roles and Responsibilities; References; Chapter 4: The Nets We Weave: Consequences for Interdisciplinary Capacity Building; A Question of Timing; Good Career Preparation?; In Retrospect; Finding a Niche; Knowledge Acquisition Versus Socialisation; References; Chapter 5: Facilitating Serendipity?; Who Drives the Intellectual Agenda?; Informality Is Crucial |
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A Place to Grow?Facilitating the Small Stuff; Interdisciplinary Research As Slow Research; References; Chapter 6: Towards New Logics of Interdisciplinarity; Reconceptualising Interdisciplinary Scholarship; Logic of Intention; Logic of Commitment; Moving Forward with Interdisciplinarity; Promotion and Reward Structures; Role Models, Mentors and Champions; Support for Early Career Researchers; Changing Our Value Systems; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion: "The Funding Can Only Do So Much"; Hearing the Soft Voices; A Systemic Approach; "Both Should Be Possible"; References |
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Appendix A: Further ReadingShort Reads; Handbooks, Anthologies and Overviews; Histories and Typologies of Interdisciplinarity; Advice on Interdisciplinary Careers; Evaluation and Peer Review; Web-Based Tool Kits and Resource Repositories; Appendix B: Research Design; Selection of Informants; Interviews; Analysis; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book highlights the importance of interdisciplinarity in the academic landscape, and examines how it is understood in the context of the modern university. While interdisciplinarity is encouraged by research funders, academics themselves receive mixed messages about how, when and whether to follow this route. Building upon a series of career history interviews with established interdisciplinary researchers, the author reveals fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of interdisciplinary knowledge, how this is shared, and the skills these researchers bring. The book addresses these issues on both a personal and systemic level, identifying how a resilient researcher can craft their own research trajectory to view interdisciplinarity as a truly embedded approach |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2019) |
| Subject |
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
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Education, Higher -- Curricula
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Career development.
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Career Mobility
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Career development
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Education, Higher -- Curricula
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Interdisciplinary approach in education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030186593 |
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3030186598 |
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