Knowledge integration in transdisciplinary sustainability science: Tools from applied critical realism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Cockburn
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Sustainability Science ◽  
Critical Realism

scholarly journals Sociology for sustainability science

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano B. Longo ◽  
Ellinor Isgren ◽  
Brett Clark ◽  
Andrew K. Jorgenson ◽  
Anne Jerneck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Sustainability Science ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Historical Specificity ◽  
Sociological Thought ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Oriented Research

AbstractSociological insights are often underutilized in sustainability science. To further strengthen its commitment to interdisciplinary problem-driven, solutions-oriented research, sustainability science can better incorporate fundamental sociological conceptions into its core. We highlight four aspects of sociological thought that we consider crucial for advancing sustainability science research: (1) social construction and critical realism, (2) structure and agency, (3) historical specificity, and (4) collective action. We draw on examples from sociology to support a dynamic understanding of how social relations interact with the bio-geo-physical world. This necessary integration of sociological insights, we argue, is critical to generate comprehensive assessments of the causes and consequences of human-induced environmental change, and tend to be overlooked or oversimplified within the field of sustainability science. Beyond that, it can stimulate the development and implementation of viable solutions to sustainability challenges.

A study of practice based design research models from knowledge integration perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Honghai LI ◽  
Jun CAI
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Design Innovation

The transformation of China's design innovation industry has highlighted the importance of design research. The design research process in practice can be regarded as the process of knowledge production. The design 3.0 mode based on knowledge production MODE2 has been shown in the Chinese design innovation industry. On this cognition, this paper establishes a map with two dimensions of how knowledge integration occurs in practice based design research, which are the design knowledge transfer and contextual transformation of design knowledge. We use this map to carry out the analysis of design research cases. Through the analysis, we define four typical practice based design research models from the viewpoint of knowledge integration. This method and the proposed model can provide a theoretical basis and a path for better management design research projects.

Entscheidungsprozesse beim Übersetzen: Routine und Reflexion bei Novizen und Berufsübersetzern

Fachsprache ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Friederike Prassl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Science Text ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Cognitive Involvement

This article focuses on the decision-making processes involved in research and knowledge integration in translation processes. First, the relevance of decision taking intranslation is discussed. Second, the psychology of decision making as seen by Jungermann et al. (2005) is introduced, who propose a categorization of decision-making processes intofour types: “routinized”, “stereotype”, “reflected” and “constructed”. This classification is then applied to the translations by five professional translators and five novices of five segments occurring in a popular-science text. The analysis reveals that the decision-making types are distributed differently among students and professional translators, which also has to be seen against the background of whether the decisions made were successful or not. The preliminary results of this study show that students resort to reflected decisions in most cases, but with a low success rate. Professionals achieve a higher success rate when making reflected decisions. As expected, they also make more routinized decisions than students. The professionals’ success rates improve with increasing cognitive involvement, while their failure rates are relatively high when making routinized decisions, an aspect worthwhile considering in translation didactics.

Critical Realism and Affordances: Theorizing IT-Associated Organizational Change Processes

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Volkoff ◽  
◽  
Diane M. Strong ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Change Processes

Collaboration and knowledge integration

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libby Gerard ◽  
Erika Tate ◽  
Jennifer Chiu ◽  
Stephanie Corliss ◽  
Marcia Linn
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Integration
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