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Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Theory and Practice across Disciplines (The American Campus)

Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Theory and Practice across Disciplines (The American Campus)

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice? Â
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Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The bookâ€™s contributors critically interrogate the assumptions underlying the fervor for interdisciplinarity. Their attentive scholarship reveals how, for all its potential benefits, interdisciplinary collaboration is neither immune to academiaâ€™s status hierarchies, nor a simple antidote to the alleged shortcomings of disciplinary study.Â

Chapter 10 is available Open Access here (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK395883)
Country USA
Brand Rutgers University Press
Manufacturer Rutgers University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780813585888
ReleaseDate 2016-10-28

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