В свободном доступе спецвыпуск Nature INTERDISCIPLINARITY, посвященный современным междисциплинарным исследованиям
INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Nature’s special issue probes how scientists and social scientists are coming together to solve the grand challenges of energy, food, water, climate and health. This special scrutinizes the data on interdisciplinary work and looks at its history, meaning and funding. A case study and a reappraisal of the Victorian explorer Richard Francis Burton explore the rewards of breaking down boundaries. Meanwhile, a sustainability institute shares its principles for researchers who work across disciplines. Thus inspired, we invite readers to test their polymathy in our lighthearted quiz.
EDITORIAL
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Mind meld
Interdisciplinary science must break down barriers between fields to build common ground.
FEATURES
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Interdisciplinary research by the numbers
An analysis reveals the extent and impact of research that bridges disciplines.
Nature (16 September 2015)
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How to solve the world's biggest problems
Interdisciplinarity has become all the rage as scientists tackle climate change and other intractable issues. But there is still strong resistance to crossing borders.
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Quiz: How interdisciplinary are you?
Many scientists claim to be interdisciplinary – but are they really?
COMMENT
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Integration of social science in research is crucial
Social scientists must be allowed a full, collaborative role if the public is to understand and engage with the issues involved, says Ana Viseu.
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Global funders to focus on interdisciplinarity
Granting bodies need more data on how much they are spending on work that transcends disciplines, and to what end, explains Rick Rylance.
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How to catalyse collaboration
Turn the fraught flirtation between the social and biophysical sciences into fruitful partnerships with these five principles, urge Rebekah R. Brown, Ana Deletic and Tony H. F. Wong.
Источник: Nature (16 September 2015)
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