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New Directions: Humanities, Science, Policy

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Introduction: Frodeman, Klein, Mitcham

PART I: COMMON THEMES     

  1. A History of Knowledge Formations, PDF HTML Peter Weingart, Bielefeld University
  2. Types of Interdisciplinarity, Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University
  3. Authority, Expertise, and the Social Worlds of Knowledge, Robert Frodeman, University of North Texas
  4. The Epistemology of Interdisciplinary Knowledge PDF HTML, Wolfgang Krohn, Bielefeld University
  5. Deviant Interdisciplinarities PDF HTML Steve Fuller, University of Warwick

PART 2: PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE

  1. Physical Sciences, Robert Crease, Stony Brook University. PDF HTML
  2. Cognitive Science: Shifting Patterns of Interdisciplinary Collaboration PDF HTML, Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo
  3. Life Sciences and Biotechnology, James Collins, Ann Kinzig, Michael Crow, Arizona State University
  4. Social Sciences, PDF HTML Craig Calhoun, Diana Rhoten, Social Science Research Council
  5. Science and Technology Studies, PDF HTML Sheila Jasanoff, at Harvard University
  6. Economics and Interdisciplinarity, PDF HTML Uskali Maki, Academy of Finland
  7. Design, PDF HTML Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon University
  8. Engineering, PDF, HTML, Patricia Culligan, Columbia University, Feniosky Peña-Mora, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  9. Field Studies, Ray Miller, San Francisco State University
  10. Humanities, Arts, and New Technologies, PDF HTML Cathy Davidson, Duke University
  11. Ethics of Interdisciplinarity, PDF HTML Anne Balsamo, University of Southern California
  12. Interdisciplinary Humanities, PDF, HTML, Mieke Bal, University of Amsterdam
  13. Media and Communication, PDF, HTML, Cliff Christians, University of Illinois

PART 3: TAKING ACTION         

  1. Environment PDF HTML Ruth Defries, University of Maryland
  2. Ethics PDF HTML, Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines
  3. Law and Society, PDF HTML Marilyn Averill, University of Colorado
  4. Health Science and Health Care PDF HTML Allan Best University of British Columbia, Jennifer Terpstra at the University of British Columbia in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
  5. Library and Information SciencePDF HTML Carole Palmer,University of Illinois
  6. Economy and Finance, PDF HTML Saskia Sassen, Columbia University
  7. Risk, Sven Hansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  8. Politics, Government, and Policy, PDF HTML Clark Miller, Arizona State University
  9. Education, PDF HTML Deborah DeZure, Michigan State University
  10. Adventures in an Interdisciplinary Career PDF HTML Dan Callahan, Hastings Center

PART 4: OVERRIDING ISSUES

  1. Why Interdisciplinarity is so Hard, PDF HTML, Dan Sarewitz, Arizona State University
  2. Computation, Simulation, and Modeling, PDF HTML Johannes Lenhard, Bielefeld University
  3. Research Evaluation, PDF HTML Katri Huutoniemi, Helsinki Technological University
  4. Systems Analysis and Complexity PDF HTML Styse Strijbos, Free University, Amsterdam
  5. Learning Assessment PDF HTML Veronica Boix-Mansilla, Harvard University
  6. Language, Perception, and Creativity, PDF HTML Thomas Kowall, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (ENPC), Paris
  7. Peer Review PDF HTML, J. Britt Holbrook, University of North Texas
  8. Transdisciplinary Team Science, PDF HTML Dan Stokols/NCI team, University of California, Irvine
  9. Graduate Student Perspectives, PDF HTML Jessica Graybill, Colgate University
  10. Problem Solving through Transdisciplinary Research and Integration, Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, Christian Pohl, Gabriele Bammer.
  11. Administering Interdisciplinary Programs,PDF HTML Beth Casey, Bowling Green State University
  12. Creating Interdisciplinary Institutional Cultures, Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College and Paula Martin, Emory University and Juniata College
  13. Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate General Education, PDF HTML William H. Newell, Miami University

Conclusion: Next Steps