Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium

This paper is about two of the most challenging themes of the science of this century, namely the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. First, some motivations about the difficulties of making interdisciplinary research are described and analyzed. Then, the paper describes an example of...

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Main Author: Maria Grazia Albanesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/PDV/sci/pdfs/ZA787NT22.pdf
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description This paper is about two of the most challenging themes of the science of this century, namely the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. First, some motivations about the difficulties of making interdisciplinary research are described and analyzed. Then, the paper describes an example of a research activity among scientists of different disciplines, the Computational Sustainability, which involves several different "actors": information and computer scientists, mathematicians, economist, geologist, and biologists. Starting from this experience, a new abstract model for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research is presented, with some considerations about the soft skill (especially, communication skills) that an interdisciplinary researcher should develop. Finally, considerations about moving from inter to transdisciplinary research end the paper; they underline the importance to create a common goal among different disciplines to transfer profitably their results into Society, preferably aiming at increasing the quality of life of humans, plants, and animals.
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spelling doaj-art-845d0f5e45db4b34bf0033a34465e3112025-08-20T01:47:51ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242022-12-012067276Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third MillenniumMaria Grazia AlbanesiThis paper is about two of the most challenging themes of the science of this century, namely the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. First, some motivations about the difficulties of making interdisciplinary research are described and analyzed. Then, the paper describes an example of a research activity among scientists of different disciplines, the Computational Sustainability, which involves several different "actors": information and computer scientists, mathematicians, economist, geologist, and biologists. Starting from this experience, a new abstract model for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research is presented, with some considerations about the soft skill (especially, communication skills) that an interdisciplinary researcher should develop. Finally, considerations about moving from inter to transdisciplinary research end the paper; they underline the importance to create a common goal among different disciplines to transfer profitably their results into Society, preferably aiming at increasing the quality of life of humans, plants, and animals.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/PDV/sci/pdfs/ZA787NT22.pdf communicationinterdisciplinary and transdisciplinary researchcomputational sustainability
spellingShingle Maria Grazia Albanesi
Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
communication
interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
computational sustainability
title Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
title_full Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
title_fullStr Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
title_full_unstemmed Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
title_short Reflexive Practice for Inter and Trans Disciplinary Research in the Third Millennium
title_sort reflexive practice for inter and trans disciplinary research in the third millennium
topic communication
interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
computational sustainability
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