the challenges of interdisciplinary research
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Slides on how to be an interdisciplinary bastard. RESCON talk 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Crossing Boundaries in Research: Critical Reflections from an
Interdisciplinary Bastard
Alister Scott
Centre for Environment and Society Research
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Tress et al 2005
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Tress et al 2005
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Managing Environmental Change at the Rural Urban Fringe 2010-2012
reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Alister ScottClaudia Carter, Mark Reed, Peter Larkham, Nicki
Schiessel, Karen Leach, Nick Morton, Rachel Curzon
David Jarvis, Andrew Hearle, Mark Middleton, Bob
Forster, Keith Budden, Ruth Waters, David Collier,
Chris Crean, Miriam Kennet, Richard Coles and Ben
Stonyer
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
To Boldly Go…
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Crossing academic, policy, practice and scalar divides
Birmingham City University -Birmingham School of the Built Environment/BIAD
University of Aberdeen -Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability
Forest Research
National Farmers Union
David Jarvis Associates
Natural England
Localise West Midlands
Green Economics Institute
Birmingham Environment Partnership
West Midlands Rural Affairs Forum
Worcestershire County Council
West Midlands Regional Assembly
United Research Team
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Seeking out new ‘lenses’
• Spatial Planning and Ecosystem Approach Paradigms (lenses)
• Critical thoughtpieces
• PI Synthesis
• Team builds new conceptual lens
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Crossing and simplifying theoretical boundaries
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Seeking out evidence
• Workshops (Team led)• Visioning exercises
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
Delivering Unconventional Outputs
Building interdisciplinarity across the
rural domain
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reluRural Economy and
Land Use Programme
• Embedding policy, practice and academia within one research team reaps rewards
• Choose who you work with carefully
• Flexibility embedded in research method
• Important for researchers to go outside comfort zone
Lessons Learnt
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Land Use Programme
• Interdisciplinary approaches needed to tackle key issues we face as a society
• Need an effective ‘bastard’ to lead interdisciplinary endeavours
• Role of a team prepared to go outside usual silos
• Are BCU structures for teaching and research enabling such approaches?
Take Home Messages