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Structural Conditions for Interdisciplinarity [PDF]

European Review, 2018
Analysing structural conditions for interdisciplinarity, this paper focuses on the characteristics of four factors in the organization of the sciences: disciplines, institutions, rewards and funding. It is argued that interdisciplinarity is less likely to involve disciplines that are strongly integrated, i.e.
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Reconceptualizing Out‐of‐Field Teachers' Professional Development and Classroom Implementation: A Boundary Crossing Approach

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reform‐oriented instruction is advocated in secondary science, encouraging students to engage with the experimental and epistemic practices of science. It is challenging for teachers though, especially for out‐of‐field teachers. This study focuses on biology and chemistry teachers who are called to teach middle‐school physics.
David Perl‐Nussbaum, Baruch B. Schwarz, Edit Yerushalmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the interdisciplinarity of scientific journals and fields

, 2012
There is an overall perception of increased interdisciplinarity in science, but this is difficult to confirm quantitatively owing to the lack of adequate methods to evaluate subjective phenomena. This is no different from the difficulties in establishing
Albert, Allen, Barabasi, Barabasi, Boyack, Boyack, Brandes, Carley, Chen, Clauset, Cohen, Costa, Costa, Costa, Costa, Davidson, Duda, Eto, F.A. Rodrigues, F.N. Silva, Franceschet, Freeman, Fruchterman, Greengard, Kamada, L. da F. Costa, Lee, Leydesdorff, Leydesdorff, Leydesdorff, Newman, Newman, Newman, Newman, Newman, O.N. Oliveira, Pavoine, Porter, Rao, Redner, Shimatani, Silva, Van Raan, Wagner, Watts   +44 more
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Sustainable development: Notions, numbers, and narratives

Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 2812-2825, April 2025.
Abstract This article contributes to the theoretical knowledge of sustainable development operationalized in a sustainable development space based on three sustainable development imperatives: needs, justice, and limits. The space is constituted by six primary goals with associated key indicators and thresholds.
Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, Vegard Bøe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TERMINOLOGY, THE ROLE OF DOMAIN AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY [PDF]

Terminology deals with the specialized communication, which is achieved in a certain scientific, technical and professional domain. Interdisciplinarity is considered another orientation specific to modern sciences, in which the terms of a specific ...
Elena Museanu, Mariana Coancă
core  

Paton Prize Lecture Winner 2024: Gordon Holmes and the Irish spirit of adventure: Lessons for modern thinkers. [PDF]

Exp Physiol
Abstract This lecture is given in honour of Sir William Paton (1917–1993), physiologist, pharmacologist and Fellow of the Royal Society. His passion for the history of medicine led to generous donations to the Society, who consequently founded the Paton Prize Fund for historical research.
Roe SM.
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Exploring the role of sustainability reporting strategies in promoting sustainable development in social economy entities: The circular economy as a mediator

Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 2902-2925, April 2025.
Abstract This study focused on the relationship between sustainability reporting (SR), the circular economy (CE), and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including an examination of the mediator role of the CE in the SR–SDGs relationship.
Dolores Gallardo‐Vázquez, Inna Choban de Sousa Paiva, Cristina Nuevo‐Gallardo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interdisciplinarity, and Interdisciplinarity in a Comparatist Perspective, in Contemporary Twenty-first Century British Civilisation Studies

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019
Unlike in France where a separation between established disciplines is often favoured, in the United Kingdom a more interdisciplinary approach has been more widely employed (Mass Observation after the Second World War, cultural studies, to cite only two ...
Sam Coombes
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The advantages of interdisciplinarity in modern science [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
As the increasing complexity of large-scale research requires the combined efforts of scientists with expertise in different fields, the advantages and costs of interdisciplinary scholarship have taken center stage in current debates on scientific production.
arxiv  

The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity

, 2015
Resena de: Robert Frodeman, Julie Thompson Klein & Carl Mitcham (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, 580 pp.
G. Bravo, Marcia Haydée
semanticscholar   +1 more source