Today's multifaceted environmental problems, including climate change, necessitate interdisciplinary research. It is however difficult to combine disciplines to study such complex phenomena. We analyzed the experience we gained in applying a particular method of interdisciplinary integration, the 'bridging concept.' We outlined the entire process of developing, utilizing, and adapting social-ecological resilience as a bridging concept in a research project involving seven different disciplines. We focused on the tensions and opportunities arising from interdisciplinary dialogue and the understandings and manifestations of resilience in the disciplines involved. By evaluating the specific cognitive and social functions of resilience as a method of integration, we call for placing greater emphasis on the quality and value of the actual interdisciplinary process, rather than concentrating solely on the output of interdisciplinary work.
The role played by social-ecological resilience as a method of integration in interdisciplinary research
S. A. Beichler,Sanin Hasibovic,B. J. Davidse,Sonja Deppisch
Published 2014 in Ecology and Society
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PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2014
- Venue
Ecology and Society
- Publication date
2014-07-14
- Fields of study
Sociology, Economics, Environmental Science
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CONCEPTS
- bridging concept
A concept used to connect different disciplines by giving them a shared object of discussion and coordination.
- cognitive function
The conceptual role a bridging concept plays in structuring understanding and interpretation across disciplines.
- interdisciplinary dialogue
The exchanges between disciplines through which meanings, tensions, and opportunities around a shared concept are negotiated.
Aliases: cross-disciplinary dialogue
- interdisciplinary integration
The process of combining insights from multiple disciplines into a shared research effort.
Aliases: integration across disciplines
- interdisciplinary process
The overall sequence of interactions and adaptations through which interdisciplinary work is carried out.
Aliases: process of interdisciplinary work
- seven-discipline research project
The collaborative research setting in which seven different disciplines worked with the resilience concept.
Aliases: research project involving seven disciplines
- social-ecological resilience
A resilience concept linking ecological and social dimensions that is used here as the focal integrative idea across disciplines.
Aliases: resilience
- social function
The relational role a bridging concept plays in supporting communication, coordination, and mutual engagement across disciplines.
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