SY017
Practical strategies to operationalize interdisciplinary work

Session ID#: 161559

Session Description:
Many of society's most urgent and complex problems require finding ways to integrate scientific disciplines and multiple forms of knowledge. There has been growing interest in pursuing interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches to research but the nuances and mechanics of how to effectively and meaningfully operationalize such work are still not well understood. While integrating different knowledges, disciplines, epistemologies, value systems, and priorities is not trivial, some long-standing research and practical approaches exist. This session aims to bring together reflections, best practices, lessons learned, and to provide recommendations on how to engage in inter and trans-disciplinary work in a meaningful and effective manner.

We encourage submissions from individuals and teams who have designed and implemented efforts, from scholars who are generating new knowledge and recommendations to inform these practices, and from those who can provide perspectives on the institutional mechanisms that promote this work.

Index Terms:

6339 System design [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
9399 General or miscellaneous [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]

Primary Convener:  Alexandra Shultz, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Kripa Akila Jagannathan, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Julie A Vano, Aspen Global Change Institute, Research Applications Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, United States
 
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