Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs
The oceans comprise 70% of the surface area of our planet, contain some of the world’s richest natural resources and are one of the most significant drivers of global climate patterns. As the marine environment continues to increase in importance as both an essential resource reservoir and facilitat...
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| author | Lucy M. Turner Ramachandra Bhatta Louise Eriander Lena Gipperth Kerstin Johannesson Alin Kadfak Iddya Karunasagar Indrani Karunasagar Per Knutsson Kristjan Laas Per-Olav Moksnes Anna Godhe |
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| description | The oceans comprise 70% of the surface area of our planet, contain some of the world’s richest natural resources and are one of the most significant drivers of global climate patterns. As the marine environment continues to increase in importance as both an essential resource reservoir and facilitator of global change, it is apparent that to find long-term sustainable solutions for our use of the sea and its resources and thus to engage in a sustainable blue economy, an integrated interdisciplinary approach is needed. As a result, interdisciplinary working is proliferating. We report here our experiences of forming interdisciplinary teams (marine ecologists, ecophysiologists, social scientists, environmental economists and environmental law specialists) to answer questions pertaining to the effects of anthropogenic-driven global change on the sustainability of resource use from the marine environment, and thus to transport ideas outwards from disciplinary confines. We use a framework derived from the literature on interdisciplinarity to enable us to explore processes of knowledge integration in two ongoing research projects, based on analyses of the purpose, form and degree of knowledge integration within each project. These teams were initially focused around a graduate program, explicitly designed for interdisciplinary training across the natural and social sciences, at the Gothenburg Centre for Marine Research at the University of Gothenburg, thus allowing us to reflect on our own experiences within the context of other multi-national, interdisciplinary graduate training and associated research programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23a59dab765648fb9ec05d9aa48ae6f42022-12-22T02:56:38ZengBioOneElementa: Science of the Anthropocene2325-10262017-03-01510.1525/elementa.148155Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programsLucy M. Turner0Ramachandra Bhatta1Louise Eriander2Lena Gipperth3Kerstin Johannesson4Alin Kadfak5Iddya Karunasagar6Indrani Karunasagar7Per Knutsson8Kristjan Laas9Per-Olav Moksnes10Anna Godhe11Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden; and Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, PlymouthIndian Council of Agricultural Research, College of Fisheries, MangaloreDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgDepartment of Law, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgSchool of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgUNESCO-MIRCEN for Medical and Marine Biotechnology, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Nitte University, MangaloreUNESCO-MIRCEN for Medical and Marine Biotechnology, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Nitte University, MangaloreSchool of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgDepartment of Law, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, GöteborgThe oceans comprise 70% of the surface area of our planet, contain some of the world’s richest natural resources and are one of the most significant drivers of global climate patterns. As the marine environment continues to increase in importance as both an essential resource reservoir and facilitator of global change, it is apparent that to find long-term sustainable solutions for our use of the sea and its resources and thus to engage in a sustainable blue economy, an integrated interdisciplinary approach is needed. As a result, interdisciplinary working is proliferating. We report here our experiences of forming interdisciplinary teams (marine ecologists, ecophysiologists, social scientists, environmental economists and environmental law specialists) to answer questions pertaining to the effects of anthropogenic-driven global change on the sustainability of resource use from the marine environment, and thus to transport ideas outwards from disciplinary confines. We use a framework derived from the literature on interdisciplinarity to enable us to explore processes of knowledge integration in two ongoing research projects, based on analyses of the purpose, form and degree of knowledge integration within each project. These teams were initially focused around a graduate program, explicitly designed for interdisciplinary training across the natural and social sciences, at the Gothenburg Centre for Marine Research at the University of Gothenburg, thus allowing us to reflect on our own experiences within the context of other multi-national, interdisciplinary graduate training and associated research programs.https://www.elementascience.org/articles/148interdisciplinarysocial science-natural science interfacehuman-environment systemsmarineclimateglobal changeblue economy |
| spellingShingle | Lucy M. Turner Ramachandra Bhatta Louise Eriander Lena Gipperth Kerstin Johannesson Alin Kadfak Iddya Karunasagar Indrani Karunasagar Per Knutsson Kristjan Laas Per-Olav Moksnes Anna Godhe Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene interdisciplinary social science-natural science interface human-environment systems marine climate global change blue economy |
| title | Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| title_full | Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| title_fullStr | Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| title_short | Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| title_sort | transporting ideas between marine and social sciences experiences from interdisciplinary research programs |
| topic | interdisciplinary social science-natural science interface human-environment systems marine climate global change blue economy |
| url | https://www.elementascience.org/articles/148 |
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