Visualising the Interdisciplinary Research Field: The Life Cycle of Economic History in Australia

Wright, C; Ville, S

Visualising the Interdisciplinary Research Field: The Life Cycle of Economic History in Australia

Wright, C

Ville, S

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Publisher:: Springer
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Minerva: a review of science, learning and policy, 2017, 55, (3), pp. 321-340
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wright, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-4169
dc.contributor.author	Ville, S
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-07T05:18:33Z
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dc.date.issued	2017-09-01
dc.identifier.citation	Minerva: a review of science, learning and policy, 2017, 55, (3), pp. 321-340
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dc.description.abstract	Interdisciplinary research is frequently viewed as an important component of the research landscape through its innovative ability to integrate knowledge from different areas. However, support for interdisciplinary research is often strategic rhetoric, with policy-makers and universities frequently adopting practices that favour disciplinary performance. We argue that disciplinary and interdisciplinary research are complementary, and we develop a simple framework that demonstrates this for a semi-permanent interdisciplinary research field. We argue that the presence of communicating infrastructures fosters communication and integration between disciplines and the interdisciplinary research field to generate innovative knowledge. We apply this to the experience of economic history in Australia in the second half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the life cycle of a semi-permanent interdisciplinary research field.
dc.language	English
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dc.subject	1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1605 Policy and Administration, 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
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dc.title	Visualising the Interdisciplinary Research Field: The Life Cycle of Economic History in Australia
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Abstract:

Interdisciplinary research is frequently viewed as an important component of the research landscape through its innovative ability to integrate knowledge from different areas. However, support for interdisciplinary research is often strategic rhetoric, with policy-makers and universities frequently adopting practices that favour disciplinary performance. We argue that disciplinary and interdisciplinary research are complementary, and we develop a simple framework that demonstrates this for a semi-permanent interdisciplinary research field. We argue that the presence of communicating infrastructures fosters communication and integration between disciplines and the interdisciplinary research field to generate innovative knowledge. We apply this to the experience of economic history in Australia in the second half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the life cycle of a semi-permanent interdisciplinary research field.

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