Transdisciplinary Research Perspective: Epidemiological Criminology as an Emerging Theoretical Framework for Substance Abuse Research

2017 ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez ◽  
Timothy A. Akers
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Perspective

Understanding black market retailing: the case of Colombia’s San Andresitos

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 483-505
Author(s):  
Mark S. Rosenbaum ◽  
Mauricio Losada-Otalora ◽  
Germán Contreras-Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Black Market ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Black Markets ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Reader Responses

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore black market retailing, with a focus on Colombia’s San Andresitos. Design/methodology/approach The authors use grounded theory methodology to develop a theoretical framework that explains how consumers rationalize their acceptance, rejection, or tolerance of black market retailing. The authors obtained qualitative data based on reader responses to newspaper articles on San Andresitos and used the responses as qualitative data in comparative analysis to derive a “strategy family” theoretical framework. Findings The framework advances rationalization techniques that consumers employ to accept, reject, or tolerate the San Andresitos. Research limitations/implications Colombians are divided on the legality of the San Andresitos. Although half the informants note the wrongfulness of the San Andresitos, the other half offer reasons to accept or tolerate them. Practical implications Legitimate (i.e. lawful) retailers operating in Colombia, or planning to enter, need to realize that local and national government officials support the San Andresitos. Colombia’s legitimate retailers must co-exist with the black market and dissuade consumers from patronizing unauthorized vendors or purchasing illicit goods. Social implications Colombia’s acceptance of its black markets results in consumers inadvertently supporting crime, terrorism, and even bodily harm via the San Andresitos. However, the San Andresitos enable lower-income consumers to gain access to otherwise unattainable merchandise and provide employment through lower-skilled labor. Originality/value This paper is one of the first to explore black markets. From a transformative service research perspective, this research reveals how consumers, retailers, and government officials participate in Colombia’s black market, and how their activities serve to harm consumer well-being.

scholarly journals What is love? A complex systems perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Teixeira Melo ◽  
Leo Simon Dominic Caves
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Integrated Science ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Integrated Theory ◽  
Fundamental Dimension

Love is a fundamental dimension of being human and a powerful resource for flourishing and well-being. Yet, it is still insufficiently understood. Despite advances, the Science of Love remains a fragmented field, producing mostly partial, fragmented and unintegrated views on love. In this paper, we present a novel perspective on love based on a complex systems perspective, building from a theoretical framework of families and family relationships as complex systems. We establish a set of preliminary assumptions for the development of an Integrated Theory of the Complexity of Love (C.ofLove) and for a novel inter and transdisciplinary research approach, as the foundations for an Integrated Science of Love.

scholarly journals Shaping and Co-Shaping Forms of Vitality in Music: Beyond Cognitivist and Emotivist Approaches to Musical Expressiveness

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Music Perception ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
New Research ◽  
Forms Of Vitality

Over the last three decades, there has been an increasing number of empirical studies on how music conveys and induces emotional expressiveness, revolving around both the longstanding discourse over compositional and performance features related to recognized or felt emotions, and more recent interest in (neuro)psychological mechanisms underlying emotions induced by music. However, the question of how expressive forms of music are shaped and co-shaped within the ongoing process of music-making and music perception has received little investigation. This paper focuses on the expressive forms of music that the developmental psychologist Daniel N. Stern refers to as ‘forms of vitality’, discussing how they are (co)shaped and give rise to aesthetic experience of music. The aim is the development of a theoretical framework allowing for a new research perspective on musical expressiveness—taking into account the aesthetic experience of music—in relation to the process of (co)shaping forms of vitality in music. Further, a hypothesis for and methodologies of empirical research fitting into this theoretical framework are considered, expanding the schema beyond cognitivist and emotivist approaches to musical expressiveness.

scholarly journals On Occupant Behavior and Innovation Studies Towards High Performance Buildings: A Transdisciplinary Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cem Keskin ◽  
M. Mengüç
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Occupant Behavior ◽  
Transdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Innovation Studies ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialog

With ever-increasing population and urbanization, it is crucial to decrease energy density in the built environment without sacrificing occupants’ comfort and well-being. This requires consideration of technological developments along with the human factor in order to achieve environmental and social sustainability. Two major contributors to the development of conceptualizations for human-centric technologies are behavior and innovation (B&I) studies. Behavior studies aims to explain individualistic or society-based dynamics of human behavior whereas the innovation studies focuses on social, economic, organizational, and regulatory dimensions and processes of inventive activity. If these studies are incorporated into the hardcore architecture and engineering disciplines with a transdisciplinary approach, the orchestration of occupant behavior and the innovative technologies would be possible, which in turn significantly enhance the comfort and energy efficiency in built environments. This paper aims to provide an overview of interdisciplinary dialog between B&I studies and underlines the role of their collaboration to leverage transdisciplinary research on human-building interaction for energy efficiency. The approach presented here is structured as a conceptual framework and named the ‘socio-technical core’ (STC). STC is to lead to more organic articulation of energy efficiency innovations with real life and pave the way for higher level of acceptance. In order to have a ‘big-picture’ for the well-accepted conceptualizations and the current status of interdisciplinary dialog, we provide a review of (B&I) theories and models along with network analysis of key concepts. Then we investigate the potential directions of future transdisciplinary efforts by discussing the influences of B&I studies to each other for application to energy efficiency studies. In order to put the analysis in a firm background, we provide a case study for thermostat, which can be considered as a product improved with B&I approaches during last decades. We also discuss the benefits of B&I based transdisciplinary research perspective by referring to few examples in literature and the points emerged in this study.

scholarly journals From Home to Community: Reflecting Emotions Related to Mobility

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suvi Holmberg ◽  
Jenni-Mari Räsänen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Support Work

This study investigates how clients’ emotions are invoked and reflected in client–worker interactions and themeanings they have regarding leaving home. We concentrate on floating support work, which aims to support people suffering from mental health and substance abuse‐related issues to improve their living in the community. Our theoretical framework is based on the geography of emotions, and we draw on both the interactional and relational approaches thereto. The research material is gathered from Finland and England. We draw on mobile ethnographic and discursive approaches, and our data consists of transcriptions and field notes gathered during floating support visits (N = 19) that took place either at or outside of a client’s home. Our findings demonstrate how the connections between places and emotions, the emotions connected to leaving one’s home, the emotions reflected while being out in the community, and the reflections of emotions after being out in the community are constructed and reflected in client–worker interactions. The study highlights that these emotions are a necessary and demanding part of promoting clients’ social inclusion in the context of floating support work.

Developing service research – paving the way to transdisciplinary research

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Gustafsson ◽  
Claes Högström ◽  
Zoe Radnor ◽  
Margareta Friman ◽  
Kristina Heinonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Service Concept ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Way

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how service, as an interdisciplinary area of research, can increase its potential for transdisciplinary contributions from the perspective of what signifies intra-, multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research. Design/methodology/approach – The essay first discusses common perspectives on the service concept before presenting a review on what signifies intra-, multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research. The emerging theoretical framework is followed by a discussion on the challenges and opportunities for service research in making interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary theoretical contributions. Findings – The research provides a typological framework for understanding intra-, multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary service research and, implications related to how service research contributions can become increasingly inter- and transdisciplinary. Originality/value – The paper contributes to widening the scope of service research by focussing on how the domain can overcome hurdles and increase its potential for making theoretical contributions that are applicable across and beyond established research disciplines.

Mind wandering as data augmentation: How mental travel supports abstraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrthe Faber
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Mental Content ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Important Addition

Abstract Gilead et al. state that abstraction supports mental travel, and that mental travel critically relies on abstraction. I propose an important addition to this theoretical framework, namely that mental travel might also support abstraction. Specifically, I argue that spontaneous mental travel (mind wandering), much like data augmentation in machine learning, provides variability in mental content and context necessary for abstraction.

Many Children Live Around Substance Abuse

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
DOUG BRUNK
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse
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