Being an Interdisciplinary Academic
How Institutions Shape University Careers
1st Edition
Published on 29. June 2019
XVII, 134 pages
978-3-030-18659-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Her book is both more reflective and more heavily researched and documented than the short memoranda prepared with colleagues, and is rewarding just for the citations alone." (Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, insidehighered.com, August 2, 2019)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XVII, 134 p.
File size
1,51 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-030-18659-3 (9783030186593)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-18659-3
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2019
Palgrave Pivot
€74.89
Shipment within 7-9 days
Person
Catherine Lyall
is Professor of Science and Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: Mixed messages for the interdisciplinary research community.- Chapter 2. "What am I?": The path to becoming an interdisciplinary academic.- Chapter 3. "Are you one of us?" How institutions impact interdisciplinary careers.- Chapter 4. The nets we weave: Consequences for interdisciplinary capacity building.- Chapter 5. Facilitating serendipity?.- Chapter 6. Towards new logics of interdisciplinarity.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: "The funding can only do so much".
