Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 31 (2013)

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    The State of the Field: Interdisciplinary Research
    (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013) Pauline Gagnon
    Our understanding of the process of interdisciplinary research has expanded considerably over the last decades. The purpose of this brief paper is to take stock of where we are and where we are going.  The first section addresses definitional issues and discusses the relationship between teaching and research. The second section discusses potential objections to the idea of identifying best practices for interdisciplinary research. The third section outlines best practices for each step in the interdisciplinary research process, and identifies avenues for further research.
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    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.