Who is doing inter- and transdisciplinary research, and why? An empirical study of motivations, attitudes, skills, and behaviours
Who is doing inter- and transdisciplinary research, and why? An empirical study of motivations, attitudes, skills, and behaviours
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DOI：
10.1016/j.futures.2019.102441
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
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3
通讯作者：
Varanda, Marta
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作者：
Guimaraes, Maria Helena;Pohl, Christian;Varanda, Marta
我们看到，通过学科进行知识生产的既定方式与扩大和改变知识生产及其组织的迫切需要之间存在持续的紧张关系，尤其是为了能够理解和应对未来及其挑战。随着对跨学科和跨学科研究（ITD）的呼声越来越高，我们设定了我们的目标，通过提出以下问题来更多地了解从事这类研究的学者：跨学科和跨学科研究人员（ITDR）的特征是什么？这些特点在多大程度上帮助ITDR应对学术职业道路上的挑战？我们解决这两个问题，通过比较相关文献和半结构化访谈ITDR在不同阶段的职业生涯中的结果。我们的研究结果使ITDR人格在采取形式方面更进了一步。ITDR个性的特征可以由动机、态度、技能和行为的特定组合来表征。然而，学术环境及其职业道路似乎并不适合这些国际减少灾害战略的人物。此外，与文献相反，T形培训（首先是学科深度，然后是ITDR）被认为是一种可能的职业道路，另一种是促进知识整合和开发ITD理论，方法和工具的专业化。我们的分析的结论是探索ITD的未来，如果正式的培训和学习将提供，如果上下文条件将更有利于进行这种类型的研究。
We witness a persistent tension between established ways of knowledge production through disciplines, and the urgent need to widen and change, both the production of knowledge and its organization, not least, in order to be able to understand and address the future and its challenges. Witnessing a growing call for inter- and transdisciplinarity (ITD), we set our goal to learn more about scholars who engage in this kind of research by asking these questions: What characterizes inter- and transdisciplinary researchers (ITDRs)? To what extent do these characteristics help ITDRs deal with the challenges of an academic career path? We address both questions by comparing the findings from the relevant literature and semi-structured interviews with ITDRs at different stages in their careers. Our results bring the ITDR personality a step further in taking a form. ITDR personalities can be characterized by a particular mix of motivations, attitudes, skills, and behaviors. However, the academic environment and its career paths do not seem prepared and adapted for such ITDR personalities. Furthermore and in contrast to the literature, the T-shaped training (first, disciplinary depth and then, ITDR) is considered one possible career path, with the other one being a specialization in facilitating knowledge integration and in developing theories, methods, and tools for ITD. Our analysis concludes by exploring the future of ITD if formal training and learning would be available and if the contextual conditions would be more conducive to undertaking this type of research.