Dear all,
<br>
<br>This is a kind reminder to submit your abstract to our panel at the EASST 2018
<br>Conference 25-28 July 2018, Lancaster, UK. The deadline for submission is
<br>February 14th 2018.
<br>
<br>Scientific meetings across disciplinary boundaries
<br>
<br>Convenors
<br>Johan Munck af Rosenschld (University of Helsinki)
<br>johan.munckafrosenschold@helsinki.fi
<br>Miles MacLeod (University of Twente)
<br>
<br>Interdisciplinarity has become a central strategy in research policy as well
<br>as practice in scientific ventures. Stakes are high for interdisciplinarity;
<br>it is supposed to address, among other things, ostensible knowledge silos in
<br>universities (Petts et al. 2008), the accountability 'gap' of science (Nowotny
<br>et al. 2003), and complex sustainability challenges (Klein 2004). A defining
<br>trait of interdisciplinarity is knowledge integration; interdisciplinarity
<br>entails "bridging and confronting the prevailing disciplinary approaches"
<br>(Huutoniemi et al. 2010, p.80) through collaboration between different
<br>epistemologies, disciplines, and extra-academic actors. Interdisciplinarity
<br>thus highlights the tensions and opportunities that arise as different
<br>knowledge systems are integrated.
<br>
<br>The aim of this panel is to explore the concept of 'meeting' in
<br>interdisciplinary endeavors. In its broadest sense, meeting can be conceived
<br>as the process of conjoining and assembling disciplines and knowledges. More
<br>concretely, a meeting can be conceived as a temporally distinct micro-level
<br>event where knowledge is integrated, contested, and made sense of (cf.
<br>Jarzabkowski & Seidl 2008). The research project meeting is often where
<br>interdisciplinarity "happens", through allocation of resources and tasks as
<br>well as dissemination of results. The concept of meeting thus provides an
<br>opportunity to examine 'how' interdisciplinarity is arranged and practiced,
<br>'who' participates in such activities, and 'what' are the outcomes of
<br>knowledge integration.
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<br>We look forward to receiving both empirical and theoretical papers that
<br>address meetings (in all meanings of the word) in interdisciplinary research
<br>from various theoretical and disciplinary perspectives.
<br>
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<br>Abstracts should be submitted through the panel website:
<br>https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6233
<br>Abstracts should not be longer than 250 words.
<br>
<br>
<br>Best regards,
<br>Johan Munck af Rosenschld
<br>
<br>
<br>* * *
<br>Johan Munck af Rosenschld, PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher
<br>TINT, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki
<br>Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki
<br>+358-2941 29295
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