Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 31 (2013)

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Contributions of Interdisciplinary Studies to Civic Learning: An Addendum to A Crucible Moment
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013) Pauline Gagnon
Though overlooked or at best implicit in A Crucible Moment, interdisciplinary studies has much to contribute to civic learning for democratic engagement. The article organizes those contributions into the report’s categories of knowledge, values, and skills. It concludes with an example of how techniques used in interdisciplinary studies to create common ground can contribute to fruitful democratic discourse on even the thorniest of societal issues, namely abortion.
The State of the Field: Interdisciplinary Theory
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013) Pauline Gagnon
This chronological overview of the development of interdisciplinary theory starts with the pre-cursors of theory: the development and elaboration of the definition of interdisciplinary studies, influentia but problematic images of interdisciplinary studies proposed by Donal Campbel and Erich Jantsch, and best practices in interdisciplinary studies identified through AIS. It continues with a review of the motivation behind a theory of interdisciplinary studies, the controversy it engendered, and an assessment of what remains to be done. It concludes with the challenges to theory posed by new types of interdisciplinary studies, especially transdisciplinary studies and the science of team science.