table of contents
Introduction: Robert Frodeman
PART I: THE TERRAIN OF KNOWLEDGE
- A Short History of Knowledge Formations, Peter Weingart, Bielefeld University
- A Taxonomy of Interdisciplinarity, Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University
- Interdisciplinary Cases and Disciplinary Knowledge, Wolfgang Krohn, Bielefeld University
- Sidebar: Prospects for a philosophy of interdisciplinarity, Jan C. Schmidt
- Deviant Interdisciplinarity, Steve Fuller, University of Warwick
- Against Holism, Dan Sarewitz, Arizona State University
PART 2: INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN THE DISCIPLINES
- Physical Sciences, Robert P. Crease, Stony Brook University
- Sidebar: Mathematics and root interdisciplinarity, Erik Fisher, Arizona State University, and David Beltran-del-Rio
- Integrating the Social Sciences: Theoretical Knowledge, Methodological Tools, and Practical Applications, Craig Calhoun, Diana Rhoten, Social Science Research Council
- Biological Sciences, Warren Burggren, University of North Texas, et al.
- Art and Music Research, Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University, and Richard Parncutt, University of Graz
- Engineering, Trish Culligan, Columbia University, and Feniosky Peña-Mora, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Religious Studies, Sarah Fredericks, University of North Texas
- Information Research on Interdisciplinarity, Carole Palmer, University of Illinois
- Sidebar: Transcending discipline-based library classifications, Richard Szostak, University of Alberta
PART 3: KNOWLEDGE INTERDISCIPLINED
- A Field of its Own: the Emergence of Science and Technology Studies, Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University
- Humanities and Technology in the Information Age, Cathy Davidson, Duke University
- Sidebar: Vectors: an interdisciplinary digital journal, Tara McPherson, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
- Media and Communication, Adam Briggle, University of North Texas, Cliff Christians, University of Illinois
- Cognitive Science, Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo
- Computation and Simulation, Johannes Lenhard, Bielefeld University
- Ethics, Anne Balsamo, University of Southern California, Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines
- Design as Problem Solving, Prasad Boradkar, Arizona State University
- Sidebar: InnovationSpace at Arizona State University, Prasad Boradkar, Arizona State University
- Learning to Synthesize: The Development of Interdisciplinary Understanding, Veronica Boix-Mansilla, Harvard University
- Sidebar: ZiF, Ipke Wachsmuth
- Sidebar: Creativity and interdisciplinarity, Thomas Kowall
PART 4: INSTITUTIONALIZING INTERDISCIPLINARITY
- Evaluating Interdisciplinary Research, Katri Huutoniemi, Helsinki Technological University
- Peer Review, J. Britt Holbrook, University of North Texas
- Policy Challenges and University Reform, Clark Miller, Arizona State University
- Sidebar: Transdisciplinary efforts at public science agencies: NSF's SciSIP program, Erin Christine Moore, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Administering Interdisciplinary Programs, Beth Casey, Bowling Green State University
- Undergraduate General Education, William H. Newell, Miami University
- Sidebar: The Association for Integrative Studies, William H. Newell, Miami University
- Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education, Deborah DeZure, Michigan State University
- Facilitating Interdisciplinary Scholars, Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, and Paula Martin, Juniata College and Kenai Peninsula College (University of Alaska Anchorage)
- Doctoral Student and Early Career Academic Perspectives, Jessica Graybill, Colgate University, Vivek Shandas, Portland State University
- A Memoir of an Interdisciplinary Career, Dan Callahan, Hastings Center
PART 5: KNOWLEDGE TRANSDISCIPLINED
- Solving Problems through Transdisciplinary Research, Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, ETH Zurich, Gabriele Bammer, Australian National University, and Christian Pohl, ETH Zurich
- Sidebar: Td-net - the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences' forum for transdisciplinary research, Christian Pohl, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences , Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, ETH Zurich
- Sidebar: Sustainability foresight: participative approaches to sustainable utility sectors, Bernhard Truffer
- Systems Thinking, Styse Strijbos, Free University, Amsterdam
- Sidebar: Mapping interdisciplinary research, Katy Borner and Kevin W. Boyack
- Cross-disciplinary team science initiatives: research, training, and translation, Dan Stokols/NCI team, University of California, Irvine
- Sidebar: Mapping consensus in interdisciplinary teams, Rico Defila & Anonietta Di Giulio, Universitat Bern
- The Environment, J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas
- Sidebar: Biocultural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species, Ximena Arango, Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Ricardo Rozzi, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile and University of North Texas, Francisca Massardo, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile, and J. Tomas Ibarra, Omora Ethnobotanical Park
- Health Science and Health Services, Allan Best, University of British Columbia, and Jennifer Terpstra at the University of British Columbia in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
- Sidebar: Telehospice: A case study in healthcare intervention research, Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, University of North Texas, Debra Parker Oliver, University of Missouri, George Demiris, University of Washington
- Law, Marilyn Averill, University of Colorado
- Risk, Sven Hansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- Corporate Innovation, Bruce A. Vojak, Raymond L. Price, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Abbie Griffin, University of Utah