Enhancing communication & collaboration in interdisciplinary research / [edited by] Michael O'Rourke, Michigan State University, Stephen Crowley, Boise State University, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho, J. D. Wulfhorst, University of Idaho.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: O'Rourke, Michael, 1963-
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]
Subjects:
Interdisciplinary research.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection
Physical Description:xxxviii, 425 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Enhancing communication and collaboration in interdisciplinary research.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Communication and Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research
  • Part I Theory
  • 3. Communicating Complex Concepts
  • 4. Training the Next Generation of Transdisciplinarians
  • 5. Beyond Common Ground: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration
  • 6. Interdisciplinarity, Communication, and the Limits of Knowledge
  • Part II Case Studies
  • 7. Rising to the Synthesis Challenge in Large-Program Interdisciplinary Science: The QUEST Experience
  • 8. Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication: Collaborative Engaged Research on Food Systems for Health and Well-Being
  • 9. Discourse Communities, Disconnects, and Digital Media: The Case of Relocalizing Economies for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy Systems
  • 10. Conceptual Barriers to Interdisciplinary Communication: When Does Ambiguity Matter?
  • Part III Tools
  • 11. Seeing Through the Eyes of Collaborators: Using Toolbox Workshops to Enhance Cross-Disciplinary Communcations
  • 12. Integration of Frameworks and Theories Across Disciplines for Effective Cross-Disciplinary Communication
  • 13. Modeling as a Tool for Cross-Disciplinary Communication in Solving Environmental Problems
  • Part IV Contexts
  • 14. Interdisciplinarity as a Design Problem: Toward Mutual Intelligibility Among Acedemic Disciplines in the American Research University
  • 15. Defining 21st Century Land-Grant Universities Through Cross-Disciplinary Research
  • 16. Institutionalizing Interdisciplinary Graduate Education
  • 17. Supporting Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Role of the Institution
  • Part V Conclusion
  • 18. From Toolbox to Big Science Project: A Bold Proposal.