Achieving the SDGs through interdisciplinary research in global health
Achieving the SDGs through interdisciplinary research in global health
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DOI：
10.1177/1403494818812637
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发表时间：
2019-12-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Irwin, Rachel
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作者：
Herzig Van Wees, Sibylle L.;Malqvist, Mats;Irwin, Rachel
2018年4月18日至19日在斯德哥尔摩举行的瑞典全球卫生研究会议召集了来自瑞典各大学的研究人员，以促进合作和新的研究。针对大会的主题，瑞典如何为可持续发展目标作出贡献？从研究到行动，许多全体会议和主旨发言人强调了跨学科研究和教学的重要性。本评注引用了在会议上举行的讨论跨学科问题的讲习班。与会者包括来自私营部门和民间社会的资深教授、讲师、学生和合作者，我们讨论了阻碍参与跨学科研究的概念和结构挑战。尽管研讨会的重点是瑞典的背景，但在瑞典以外工作的研究人员将熟悉这些问题。17个可持续发展目标突出了全球社会面临的重大挑战，而且相互交织，其中一个目标的进展影响其他所有目标的进展。以此为起点，我们认为跨学科研究是实现这些目标的途径。因此，我们需要克服可能阻碍这一进程的概念和结构挑战。因此，我们主张对我们评价知识的方式进行范式转变。我们还呼吁从根本上改变外部和内部(大学一级)的筹资结构，并加强跨学科的全球卫生教学。
The Swedish Global Health Research Conference held in Stockholm, 18-19 April 2018, convened researchers from across Sweden's universities to foster collaboration and new research. In response to the theme of the conference, How can Sweden contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? From research to action, many of the plenary and keynote speakers highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary research and teaching. This commentary draws upon a workshop discussing interdisciplinarity, which took place at the conference. Participants included senior professors, lecturers, students and collaborators from the private sector and civil society and we discussed the conceptual and structural challenges that prevent engagement in interdisciplinary research. Although the workshop focused on the Swedish context, issues will be familiar to researchers working outside of Sweden. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals highlight the grand challenges for global society and are intertwined, with progress in one affecting progress in all others. With this starting point, we argue that interdisciplinary research is the way to achieve them. Accordingly, we need to overcome the conceptual and structural challenges that can hinder it. We therefore argue for a paradigm shift of how we value knowledge. We also call for fundamental changes in external and internal (university-level) funding structures, and for the strengthening of interdisciplinary global health teaching.