Being an interdisciplinary academic : how institutions shape university careers /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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| Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; About the Author; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mixed Messages for the Interdisciplinary Research Community; Avoiding Terminological Minefields; Objectives of the Book; Listening to the Loud and Soft Voices of Interdisciplinarity; Methods and Sampling Frame; Plan of the Book; My Role as Researcher; References; Chapter 2: "What Am I?" The Path to Becoming an Interdisciplinary Academic; Motivations; Career Aspirations and Development; Career Highs and Lows; Key Turning Points; Sense of Identity; References
- Chapter 3: "Are You One of Us?" How Institutions Impact Interdisciplinary CareersThe Funding Driver; Changes to the Interdisciplinary Landscape; Institutional Support Mechanisms; Recognition and Reward; We Are What We Teach?; Roles and Responsibilities; References; Chapter 4: The Nets We Weave: Consequences for Interdisciplinary Capacity Building; A Question of Timing; Good Career Preparation?; In Retrospect; Finding a Niche; Knowledge Acquisition Versus Socialisation; References; Chapter 5: Facilitating Serendipity?; Who Drives the Intellectual Agenda?; Informality Is Crucial
- A Place to Grow?Facilitating the Small Stuff; Interdisciplinary Research As Slow Research; References; Chapter 6: Towards New Logics of Interdisciplinarity; Reconceptualising Interdisciplinary Scholarship; Logic of Intention; Logic of Commitment; Moving Forward with Interdisciplinarity; Promotion and Reward Structures; Role Models, Mentors and Champions; Support for Early Career Researchers; Changing Our Value Systems; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion: "The Funding Can Only Do So Much"; Hearing the Soft Voices; A Systemic Approach; "Both Should Be Possible"; References
- Appendix A: Further ReadingShort Reads; Handbooks, Anthologies and Overviews; Histories and Typologies of Interdisciplinarity; Advice on Interdisciplinary Careers; Evaluation and Peer Review; Web-Based Tool Kits and Resource Repositories; Appendix B: Research Design; Selection of Informants; Interviews; Analysis; References; Index