Interdisciplinary Lives

A Multidimensional Study of Navigating Boundaries

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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What does 'being interdisciplinary' mean for the inquirer, the scholar who embarks on an interdisciplinary path? In a clear and engaging style, Nancy J. Nersessian and Lisa M. Osbeck present a unique and in-depth qualitative study of interdisciplinary inquiry from the perspective of those who pursue it. Drawing on original interviews with distinguished interdisciplinarians - including scientists, engineers, humanists, designers, and artists - the book offers rich insight into how interdisciplinary practice shapes and reflects the intellectual, social, emotional, and personal lives of its practitioners. The chapters highlight how such engagement transforms identities and sociocultural structures while advancing intellectual and practical aims. For researchers, educators, and administrators, the volume offers a rare, deeply human portrait of what it actually means to live an interdisciplinary academic life. It also presents participants' advice on best practices for embarking on interdisciplinary careers, along with the authors' analysis of the virtues required for effective interdisciplinary work.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-12-31
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieProgressive Psychology
Antal sidor250
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781047755269

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Nancy J. Nersessian is Regents' Professor of Cognitive Science Emerita at Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow and former President of the Cognitive Science Society. Nancy is recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science for Creating Scientific Concepts (2008) and author of Interdisciplinarity in the Making: Models and Methods in Frontier Science (2022), shortlisted for the Inaugural Nayef Al-Rodan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Lisa M. Osbeck is a Professor of Psychology at the University of West Georgia. She is a past recipient of the William James Book award from the American Psychological Association for her co-authored work Science as Psychology: Sense-Making and Identity in Science Practice (2010). She is the author of Values in Psychological Science (2019) and co-author of Ever Not Quite: Pluralism(s) in William James and Contemporary Psychology (2023). Lisa has previously served as President of the Society for General Psychology and Associate Editor for Qualitative Psychology.

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Examining interdisciplinary lives; Section I. Introduction to our Participants: 2. Interview study participants; 3. Becoming interdisciplinary; Section II. Dimensions of Interdisciplinary Lives: 4. Intellectual dimensions of the interdisciplinary life; 5. The multifaceted interdisciplinary identity; 6. The social and institutional landscape of the interdisciplinary life; 7. The complex emotions of the interdisciplinary life; Section III. Being Interdisciplinary: 8. Advice for being interdisciplinary; 9. Summary and conclusions: integrative lives and interdisciplinary virtues; Collected references; Appendix A. Abbreviated curriculum vitae for interview participants.