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Interdisciplinarity is fast becoming as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the general public seek methods and approaches to help organize and integrate the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education.Taking stock of interdisciplinarity as it nears its century mark, The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity constitutes a major new reference work on a topic of growing academic and societal importance. The collection is distinguished by its breadth of coverage, with chapters written by leading experts from multiple networks and organizations. The volume is edited by respected interdisciplinary scholars and supported by a prestigious advisory board to ensure the highest quality and breadth of coverage.The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity provides a synoptic overview of the current state of interdisciplinary research, education, administration and management, and problem solving-knowledge that spans the disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and crosses the space between the academic community and society at large. Its 37 chapters and 15 case studies provide a snapshot of the state of knowledge integration.Offering the most broad-based account of inter- and transdisciplinarity to date, its original essays bring together many of the globe's leading thinkers on interdisciplinary research, education, and the institutional aspects of interdisciplinarity, as well as reflections on how knowledge is integrated into societal needs.

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• Contributor biographies(p. xv)
• Introduction(p. xxix)
• Part 1 The Terrain of Knowledge
• 1 A short history of knowledge formations(p. 3)
• 2 A taxonomy of interdisciplinarity(p. 15)
• 3 Interdisciplinary cases and disciplinary knowledge(p. 31)
• Box: Prospects for a philosophy of interdisciplinarity(p. 39)
• 4 Deviant interdisciplinarity(p. 50)
• 5 Against holism(p. 65)
• Part 2 Interdisciplinarity in the Disciplines
• 6 Physical sciences(p. 79)
• Box: Mathematics and root interdisciplinarity(p. 88)
• 7 Integrating the social sciences: theoretical knowledge, methodological tools, and practical applications(p. 103)
• 8 Biological sciences(p. 119)
• 9 Art and music research(p. 133)
• 10 Engineering(p. 147)
• 11 Religious studies(p. 161)
• 12 Information research on interdisciplinarity(p. 174)
• Box: Transcending discipline-based library classifications(p. 180)
• Part 3 Knowledge Interdisciplined
• 13 A field of its own: the emergence of science and technology studies(p. 191)
• 14 Humanities and technology in the Information Age(p. 206)
• Box: Vectors: an interdisciplinary digital journal(p. 210)
• 15 Media and communication(p. 220)
• 16 Cognitive science(p. 234)
• 17 Computation and simulation(p. 246)
• 18 Interdisciplinarity in ethics and the ethics of interdisciplinarity(p. 259)
• 19 Design as problem solving(p. 273)
• Box: InnovationSpace at Arizona State University(p. 276)
• 20 Learning to synthesize: the development of interdisciplinary understanding(p. 288)
• Box: ZiF(p. 292)
• Box: Creativity and interdisciplinarity(p. 296)
• Part 4 Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity
• 21 Evaluating interdisciplinary research(p. 309)
• 22 Peer review(p. 321)
• 23 Policy challenges and university reform(p. 333)
• Box: Transdisciplinary efforts at public science agencies: NSF's SciSIP program(p. 339)
• 24 Administering interdisciplinary programs(p. 345)
• 25 Undergraduate general education(p. 360)
• Box: The Association for Integrative Studies(p. 364)
• 26 Interdisciplinary pedagogies in higher education(p. 372)
• 27 Facilitating interdisciplinary scholars(p. 387)
• 28 Doctoral student and early career academic perspectives(p. 404)
• 29 A memoir of an interdisciplinary career(p. 419)
• Part 5 Knowledge Transdisciplined
• 30 Solving problems through transdisciplinary research(p. 431)
• Box: td-net-the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences' forum for transdisciplinary research(p. 434)
• Box: Sustainability foresight: participative approaches to sustainable utility sectors(p. 441)
• 31 Systems thinking(p. 453)
• Box: Mapping interdisciplinary research(p. 457)
• 32 Cross-disciplinary team science initiatives: research, training, and translation(p. 471)
• Box: Managing consensus in interdisciplinary teams(p. 482)
• 33 The environment(p. 494)
• Box: Biocuitural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species(p. 499)
• 34 Health sciences and health services(p. 508)
• Box: Telehospice: a case study in healthcare intervention research(p. 511)
• 35 Law(p. 522)
• 36 Risk(p. 536)
• 37 Corporate innovation(p. 546)
• Index(p. 561)

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CHOICE Review

This expanded and revised second edition of the definitive handbook from Oxford (CH, Jan'11, 48-2406) continues its heritage of providing a wide range of inquiry models for this evolving and inclusive field of academic study. With half the volume's 41 chapters revised and half consisting of new content (largely written by Western academics), the new edition increases the overall scope of the handbook and offers excellent bibliographies for further reading. Frodeman (Univ. of North Texas) and his coeditors have included the voices of a more regionally diverse set of contributors, and this increased global perspective strengthens the authority of the work. Essayists explain, from the perspective of their respective interdisciplinary vantage points, what the field entails (as in the short sidebar essay "The Need for Disciplines in the Modern Research University," by Jerry Jacobs). Although improvements in representation are evident, there remain several areas for potential further expansion in future updates, including interdisciplinarity viewed through the lens of critical theory or gender and sexuality. The work serves scholars and academic libraries supporting interdisciplinary programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. --Vincent M Livoti, Long Island University

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Robert Frodeman is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. He specializes in environmental philosophy, science policy, and questions concerning interdisciplinarity. Holder of advanced degrees in philosophy (a PhD, from Penn State) and geology (a masters from the University of Colorado), he has held positions at the University of Texas, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Colorado. He served as a consultant for the US Geological Survey for eight years, was the 2001-2002 Hennebach Professor of the Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines, and was an ESRC Fellow at Lancaster University in England in the spring of 2005. He is the author of 'Geo-Logic: Breaking Ground between Philosophy and the Earth Sciences' (2003), and co-editor of the 'Encyclopaedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy' (2008). He is founding Director of UNT's Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity. Julie Thompson Klein is Professor of Humanities at Wayne University and has been a Visiting Professor in Japan, Fulbright professor in Nepal, Distinguished Visitor at the University of Auckland/New Zealand, and Senior Fellow at the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Klein is an internationally recognized expert on interdisciplinarity and teaches interdisciplinary humanities, American cultural studies, and digital humanities. She received the Kenneth Boulding Award for outstanding scholarship on interdisciplinarity and the Ramamoorthy and Yeh Transdisciplinary Distinguished Achievement Award. She has lectured throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and the South Pacific, served on national task forces, and advised public and private agencies. She has written and edited several books. Carl Mitcham is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies and Director of the Hennebach Program in Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines. He is also a faculty member of the European Graduate School and has held visiting appointments in Spain and the Netherlands. His major publications include Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy (1994) and the four volume Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (2005).