Amsterdam University Press (
2016)
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A SECOND COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION OF THIS TEXTBOOK ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH WAS PUBLISHED WITH AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS IN 2022. Check out that version here and a PDF of its ToC and Introduction, as this first edition (AUP 2016) is no longer available.
[This book (128 pp.) serves as an introduction and manual to
guide students through the interdisciplinary
research process.
We are becoming increasingly aware that, as a result
of technological developments and globalisation,
problems are becoming so complex that they can
only be solved through cooperation between
multiple disciplines. Healthcare, climate change,
food security, energy, financial markets and quality
of life are just a few examples of issues that require
scientists and academics to work in a crossdisciplinary
way.
As a result of these developments, an
interdisciplinary approach is becoming increasingly
popular in higher education and must be considered
an absolute necessity. Young academics are being
called on to step beyond the boundaries of
traditional disciplines in order to contribute to
addressing fundamental problems and solving
challenges facing society. There is a need for people
who are not afraid to ask critical questions, who can
work together well and can look beyond the
boundaries of their own field.
This means students need to learn more about how
they can integrate and apply knowledge, methods
and skills from different fields. Interdisciplinary
research projects and practical training courses offer
students more than one perspective on the same
subject. Comparing and contrasting, connecting,
adding and adapting concepts, theories and
methodologies from different disciplines ultimately
results in new insights and better answers to
complex problems.]