Foreword ........................................................ x
Preface ........................................................ xi
Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................... 1
Challenges and opportunities .................................... 3
On quality ...................................................... 4
Background ...................................................... 5
A note on terminology ........................................... 7
Notes ........................................................... 9
Chapter 2: Beyond CP Snow ...................................... 11
Quantitative and qualitative studies ........................... 12
Improved understanding and quality ............................. 13
Drawing on commonalities ....................................... 14
Context dependence and quantification .......................... 18
Interpretation and context ..................................... 21
Notes .......................................................... 23
Chapter 3: Questioning to learn and learning to question ....... 24
Part I: Interdisciplinary expectations (Questions 1 to 3) ...... 25
Part II: Transacademic aspirations (Questions 4 and 5) ......... 26
Part III: Academic rigour (Questions 6 to 10) .................. 27
Notes .......................................................... 29
Chapter 4: Why do you conduct interdisciplinary work? .......... 30
Where do you position yourself on the reflection scale?
(Question 1) ................................................... 30
To what end are you using knowledge from different
disciplines? (Question 2) ...................................... 37
What makes your work interdisciplinary? (Question 3) ........... 42
Notes .......................................................... 46
Chapter 5: Why do you interact with society? ................... 48
Academic knowledge and decision-making ......................... 48
Who participates in which part of the study and how?
(Question 4) ................................................... 51
Why do you interact with society? (Question 5) ................. 56
A word of warning: Don't be snobbish ........................... 58
Notes .......................................................... 59
Chapter 6: Rigorous but not rigid .............................. 61
On quality assessment .......................................... 63
Confusing form and credibility - an example .................... 64
Communication .................................................. 67
Notes .......................................................... 73
Chapter 7: Marking your playground ............................. 74
Framing ........................................................ 75
Aim ............................................................ 79
Operationalizing the aim ....................................... 82
Confusing interdisciplinarity with "Everything" ................ 84
Notes .......................................................... 85
Chapter 8: Evidence that holds for scrutiny .................... 86
How or why? .................................................... 87
Common procedures .............................................. 90
Mixing various types of empirical evidence .................... 100
Notes ......................................................... 100
Chapter 9: Anchoring your canoe ............................... 101
Clarifying your sources ....................................... 102
Anchoring your frame .......................................... 103
Anchoring your method ......................................... 106
Notes ......................................................... 110
Chapter 10: Analysis .......................................... 111
Defining "analysis" ........................................... 112
Clarifying the own, the new ................................... 115
Relevant literature - your canon .............................. 116
Common knowledge .............................................. 119
Original research ............................................. 119
Textbooks ..................................................... 122
The style of recognized scholars .............................. 124
Passive and active voice ...................................... 126
Notes ......................................................... 129
Chapter 11: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder .............. 131
Headings ...................................................... 132
Where do I place the reflections? ............................. 135
Where do I describe the context? .............................. 136
References .................................................... 137
Notes ......................................................... 141
Chapter 12: Being interdisciplinary ........................... 142
Creating an open and respectful climate ....................... 143
Hierarchies that impair ....................................... 144
Humbleness and courage ........................................ 147
Outstanding studies ........................................... 148
Dialogue, feedback and how to manage supervisors .............. 149
Notes ......................................................... 150
References .................................................... 152
Primary sources ............................................... 152
Secondary sources ............................................. 154
Index ......................................................... 158
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