Introduction to the Special Issue »Transnational Solidarity – An Interdisciplinary Approach«

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Stephan Kirste ◽  
Doris Wydra ◽  
Kirsten Schmalenbach ◽  
Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Transnational Solidarity

Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarity: Renewals, Returns, and Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Erakat ◽  
Marc Lamont Hill
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Political Work ◽  
Introductory Essay ◽  
Recent Increase ◽  
Political Relationships ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Transnational Solidarity

This introductory essay outlines the context for this special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies on Black-Palestinian transnational solidarity (BPTS). Through the analytic of “renewal,” the authors point to the recent increase in individual and collective energies directed toward developing effective, reciprocal, and transformative political relationships within various African-descendant and Palestinian communities around the world. Drawing from the extant BPTS literature, this essay examines the prominent intellectual currents in the field and points to new methodologies and analytics that are required to move the field forward. With this essay, the authors aim not only to contextualize the field and to frame this special issue, but also to chart new directions for future intellectual and political work.

scholarly journals Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Helming ◽  
Katrin Daedlow ◽  
Bernd Hansjürgens ◽  
Thomas Koellner
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Arable Soils ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Production Conditions

The globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products interferes with the ability of arable soils to perform their multiple functions and support sustainable development. Sustainable soil management under high production conditions means that soil functions contribute to ecosystem services and biodiversity, natural and economic resources are utilized efficiently, farming remains profitable, and production conditions adhere to ethical and health standards. Research in support of sustainable soil management requires an interdisciplinary approach to three interconnected challenges: (i) understanding the impacts of soil management on soil processes and soil functions; (ii) assessing the sustainability impacts of soil management, taking into account the heterogeneity of geophysical and socioeconomic conditions; and (iii) having a systemic understanding of the driving forces and constraints of farmers’ decision-making on soil management and how governance instruments may, interacting with other driving forces, steer sustainable soil management. The intention of this special issue is to take stock of an emerging interdisciplinary research field addressing the three challenges of sustainable soil management in various geographic settings. In this editorial, we summarize the contributions to the special issue and place them in the context of the state of the art. We conclude with an outline of future research needs.

scholarly journals Introduction – Plausible, Norms of Warfare: Reducing the Gap Between the Normative and the Empirical

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Ariel Colonomos ◽  
Richard Beardsworth
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Normative Analysis ◽  
Normative Knowledge

Abstract This special issue argues in favor of a new approach to the study of norms of warfare, which combines a normative analysis of ethical problems arising in war with an explanatory analysis of the use of force. Norms of warfare go as far back as Antiquity, and their study has followed a long historical path. In recent years, the ethics of war, mostly grounded in philosophy, has considerably expanded as a field. Notwithstanding such efforts to refine our normative knowledge of what should be just norms for the use of force, we argue that a more interdisciplinary approach is required to orient the study of the laws of war. In this Special Issue, proposals are made that, along with normative analysis, bring to the discussion not only disciplines such as political science and international relations, but also social theory, psychology and the neurosciences. We argue from a non-ideal perspective, that in order for norms to be just, they need to be ‘plausible’ for those who should abide by them. They also need to make sense in the context of democratic societies that favor a pluralistic debate on justice and ethics. Epistemically, we argue that, in order to understand if norms are plausible and just, reducing the gap between the normative and the empirical is required.

scholarly journals Financial Time Series: Methods and Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Caporin ◽  
Giuseppe Storti
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Time Series ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Financial Time ◽  
Computational Sciences

The statistical analysis of financial time series is a rich and diversified research field whose inherent complexity requires an interdisciplinary approach, gathering together several disciplines, such as statistics, economics, and computational sciences. This special issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management on “Financial Time Series: Methods & Models” contributes to the evolution of research on the analysis of financial time series by presenting a diversified collection of scientific contributions exploring different lines of research within this field.

Introduction: Comparative European Perspectives on Transnational Solidarity Organisations

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 620-627
Author(s):  
Maria Kousis ◽  
Christian Lahusen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transnational Solidarity

Solidarity with the deprived is a mission that many civic organisations share throughout Europe. The various crises, to which the European Union has been exposed to, have fueled and constrained this collective action at the same time. This article offers an introduction into this special issue. It highlights that the objective is to provide sound empirical findings about the magnitude and structure of the organisational field and to offer theoretical insights into the forces and constraints impacting on it. In addition, it presents the unique and new datasets on which the analyses are based on and stresses their comparative approach, given research carried out across fields (migration/refugees, unemployment, and disabilities) and countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the UK). Finally, the introduction to the special issue argues that the organisational fields are exposed to transformations that point to a more transnational scope of activities and a more encompassing and inclusive understanding of solidarity.

Special Issue on Safety Science: Comprehensive Approach to Social Disasters and Natural Disasters

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Kawata
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Kobe Earthquake ◽  
Safety Science ◽  
Information Law ◽  
Us Government

In April 2010, the new Kansai University Safety Science Faculty started with 16 professors, to be increased to 25 from April 2011. Just half are social science researchers and the others natural science researchers. With natural disasters and accidents in Japan growing increasingly complex, conventional analysis on how to reduce disaster damage and avoid accidents has become increasingly inadequate. We need an interdisciplinary approach to solve problems underlying cooperative research. A representative disaster is the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake, which killed 6,434 people and injured 40,000. It generated economic losses of $102.5 billion, 2.5% of Japan’s GDP at the time. A representative accident is the 2007 Amagasaki JR Fukuchiyama Line rail crash, which killed 107, including the driver, and injured 562. The direct cause of the accident was speeding - the speed limit on the curve where the train left the tracks was 70 km/h, but the train was moving at 116 km/h. The most important indirect reason was the delayed implementation of a new ATS that should have been put in place from the viewpoint of cost management. Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) functions will be improved as a result of this accident. In the US, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) operates independent of US government agencies - a trend expected to be followed by the JTSB. Both provided many potentially valuable disaster lessons, some of which this journal introduces. Other risk-related topics in this volume include tsunami information systems, information law, disaster education, and mental health and psychological approaches to the behavior of young people in the face of disaster, analyzed by our faculty members based on original viewpoints. Effort on these researches has to be continued to improve “Safety Science Study” and promote following social action to improve our social structure toward a safe and secure society. We thank the authors for their earnest contributions and the reviewers for their invaluable advice on improving the quality of this special issue of JDR.

scholarly journals Socio-Ecological Interactions and Sustainable Development—Introduction to a Special Issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6967
Author(s):  
Noelle Aarts ◽  
Martin Drenthen
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Black Boxes ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Social Scientific

Understanding socio-ecological interactions requires an interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the value of both a social and an ecological perspective. However, such a recognition does not yet automatically result in an integral approach. Many studies of socio-ecological transformations start from either social science or a natural science perspective, and take results from other academic disciplines merely as a given, thus treating these disciplines as black boxes. In this editorial we argue that socio-ecology requires a new paradigm that not only seeks to transcend the separation between social sciences and ecological sciences but also develops a more intimate relationship between these different academic disciplines. We argue that studying socio-ecological interactions is not merely the sum total of social scientific and ecological research, because socio-ecological interactions are not interactions between sociological and ecological systems, but interactions that take place within the socio-ecological whole. Therefore, the study of socio-ecological interactions should start with a new ontology, in which social and ecological aspects are considered different aspects of one and the same reality. The papers in this special issue all show aspects of socio-ecological interactions, but also illustrate the challenge of studying socio-ecological interactions in a comprehensive way.

scholarly journals Cultura e Política no Brasil: balanço de uma década (2011-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Daniela Vieira dos Santos ◽  
Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva ◽  
Sandra Assunção
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Term Administration ◽  
Global Events ◽  
The Way

The period between 2011 and 2020 was marked by a number of milestone political events, such as Dilma Rousseff’s two-term administration – including the June 2013 protests and the 2016 presidential impeachment –, Michel Temer’s transitional administration, and the election of Jair Bolsonaro. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this special issue critically examines the way that relationships between culture and politics have been articulated in Brazil in connection with major national and/or global events over the past decade.

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