Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: Some systemic reflections

Ison, Ray (2008). Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: Some systemic reflections. Natures Sciences Sociétés, 16(3) pp. 241–251.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/nss:2008052

Abstract

This essay was written in response to an invitation by the editors of NSS issued after the author had reviewed the paper entitled 'Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research' submitted by Christian Pohl and Gertrude Hirsch-Hadorn (see Pohl and Hirsch Hadorn, 2008). The essay provides an accounting for the transformation in my emotioning as I read the submitted paper by introducing three sets of distinctions: (i) a model of research practice; (ii) an explication of the nature of research situations and (iii) an exploration of the different intellectual lineages that give rise to contemporary systems approaches. I then return to the paper that was under review through the lens of trans-disciplinary research as social learning.

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• Item ORO ID
• 17553
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1240-1307
• Keywords
• Research practice; Trans-disciplinarity; Social learning; Systems approaches;
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Depositing User
• Raymond Ison