Introduction to Economics as a Public Science by Harro Maas, Steven G. Medema, Marco Guidi

“…It provides ground to the notion of “public reason” in economics as a two-way process taking place in interstitial spaces between economics, as an academic discipline, and the various publics in which economics—its concepts, tools, and methods— acquires meaning as an instrument of social understanding and political change.…”
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Akademische Fachvereine am Beispiel des "akademischen Historikerklubs" der Universität Innsbruck by Gertraud Wilfling

“…Also the annals of the ";Historikerklub"; at univerity Innsbruck reflect the problems of history as an academic discipline, give information on coridal relations, politic opinions and cultural practices.…”
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Social work and the Bologna Process by Walter Lorenz

“…This means, however, simultaneously that all the ambiguities surrounding social work education, such as the level and rank it has achieved as an independent academic discipline, the relationship between theory and practice and the duality of training patterns at university and non-university institutions, are becoming more starkly apparent and need to be addressed with renewed urgency in practically all countries that have subscribed to the transformation initiative.…”
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Prevalence of Academic Burnout and Its Related Factors among Nursing Student in Tehran Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2015, (Iran) by Zohre Aghagari, Mehrnaz Ahmad, Fariba Borhani

“…Marital status, age, GPA, interest in the academic discipline, employment status, and academic semester, were the factors related to the the students’ academic burnout. …”
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Recommendations from the ASCO Academic Global Oncology Task Force by Julie R. Gralow, Fredrick Chite Asirwa, Ami Siddharth Bhatt, Maria T. Bourlon, Quyen Chu, Alexandru E. Eniu, Patrick J. Loehrer, Gilberto Lopes, Lawrence N. Shulman, Julia Close, Jamie Von Roenn, Michal Tibbits, Doug Pyle

“…The outcome of the AGOTF was the development of recommendations designed to advance the status of global oncology as an academic discipline.…”
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The quest for the understanding of Religious Studies: Seeing dragons by Jaco Beyers

“…In the end the article wants to provide direction on how Religious Studies, as academic discipline, can collaborate with research in Theology.…”
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Formation of the Theological Discipline “Canon Law” in the Russian Orthodox Church in the 19th Century by Priest Vladislav V. Bagan

“…At this time, “Canon Law” develops as an academic discipline and integral part of the body of theological sciences. …”
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Development of victimology in Serbia by Nikolić-Ristanović Vesna

“…At the end, development in Serbia is assessed in the context of development of victimology as an academic discipline and achieved level of protection of the rights of victims in Serbia.…”
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De l’interdisciplinarité et du comparatisme en civilisation britannique by Vincent Latour

“…This article intends to delineate the contours, both epistemological and methodological, of civilisation as an academic discipline. First, two of the chief characteristics of civilisation shall be examined: interdisciplinarity and the “paradoxical externality” of civilisation specialists. …”
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Stylistics of the Russian language as a study discipline at a non-linguistic university by O N Lapshina

“…It also underlines the significance of this academic discipline, its role and place in the system of communicative and professional demands of future specialists in the field of service.…”
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Paradygmat produkcyjno-konsumpcyjno-mediacyjny by Grace Lees-Maffei

“… This is a translation of a seminal, historiographic and methodological article by Grace Lees-Maffei concerning design history as an area of study and an academic discipline,originally published as: “The Production-Consumption-Mediation Paradigm” in: „Journal of Design History” 2009, 22(4), p. 351–376. …”
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Animal Rights Theory from the Legal and Bioethical Perspectives by Edna Cardozo Dias, Alvaro Angelo Salles

“…Based on the alterations of new scientific paradigms that sustain the demand for a relationship between humans and non-human animals founded on bioethics, this paper seeks to highlight the urgency in the creation of a new legal status for animals in Brazil, and the need of relocating Animal Law as an autonomous academic discipline.…”
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In defence of Modern Languages by Gerda Wielander

“…This article is a 3000 word long opinion piece/commentary in defence of Modern Languages as an academic discipline in its own right. it outlines some of the reasons why Modern Languages find themselves in a difficult position and argues that the future lies in cooperation, innovation and confident showcasing of Modern Languages research as exmplified by MLO.…”
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José Morais, Syllables, Literature and much more by Jacques Mehler

“…Furthermore, his views or the role of syllables, consonants and vowels are reviewed It is obvious that it is unfair to classify José Morais as belonging to a narrow academic discipline. He has shown to be an intellectual who is interested in social matters, arts and science. …”
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Brexit, uncertainty, and values at risk: the top five risk management lessons by Mikes, A

“…What, then, can my academic discipline offer to those embroiled in this frustrating combination of labyrinth and quicksand? …”

Introduction to the special issue on Introducing bibliometrics in applied linguistics by Luke Plonsky

“…It is healthy and normal for an academic discipline to reflect on its publication conventions and practices, its incentive structures, and so forth. …”
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What the Emerging Protestant Theology was about. The Reformation Concept of Theological Studies as Enunciated by Philip Melanchthon in his Prolegomena to All Latin and German Versi... by Oseka Matthew

“…The present paper examines the rudimentary concept of the Protestant theology as an academic discipline which was enunciated by Melanchthon in his prolegomena to all Latin and German versions of Loci which were the instrument indispensable for educating a next generation of the Protestant divines and for disseminating the ideas of the Reformation worldwide.…”
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An Invitation to Theory by Pierre Jinghong Liang

“…Theory is important because it is the successful interaction between theory and empirical work that ultimately advances an academic discipline. Theory can be fun because when done well, learning, using and contributing to theory can be an enjoyable activity for all scholars, either as consumers or as producers of theory.…”
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Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being by George Lakoff and Rafael E. Núñez by Stephen Palmquist

“…This book announces a new academic discipline, the "cognitive science of mathematics" (p. …”
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With aesthetics in the background by Anna Krajewska

“…This editorial discusses the functioning of aesthetics, which is shifting from an academic discipline to live discourse on the contemporary that forms our presence in the world and shapes the nature of art perception. …”
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