Interdisciplinary Research Methods: Enhancing Professional Skills of Engineering Ph.D. Students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Hensel ◽  
Risa Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Professional Skills

scholarly journals nr="13"Interdisciplinary Research Methods: Considering the Potential of Community-based Participatory Research in Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
LYNNE BOWKER
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Population And Public Health

Abstract Different disciplines have different research traditions, including the use of discipline-specific research methods. However, adopting methods from other disciplines can provide fresh perspectives and lead to new insights. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) originated in the population and public health field, but it has potential to be applied in a broader range of disciplines. This article explains the fundamental characteristics of CBPR, explores some misconceptions associated with this method, and describes some potential barriers to its application. Finally, using the example of a machine translation literacy project, the article walks readers through this example of how CBPR was applied to a translation- related research project and evaluates the success of this method for the project.

From the Fringe to the Fore: An Algorithmic Ethnography of the Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Group QAnon

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124162110405
Author(s):  
Peter L. Forberg
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Conspiracy Theory ◽  
Far Right ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Echo Chambers

In this article, I examine the convergence of the socio-technological processes that enabled members of far-right conspiracy theory QAnon to expand beyond the “echo chambers” of the online fringe and incorporate themselves into mainstream discourse. Drawing on interdisciplinary research methods to focus on how technology is used in practice, I analyze QAnon’s online life through the concepts of algorithms, user experiences, and routines. I argue that QAnon followers’ deliberate manipulation of and incidental capitalization on algorithms gives QAnon’s content momentum that spreads information across communities; that the affordances of the user experiences of different platforms allow QAnons to curate a variety of strategies for growing their ideas and audience; and that the integration of QAnon participation into personal routines helps move the theory offline. Ultimately, a ground-up approach to digital socialization adds complexity to the analysis of echo chambers and algorithmic power.

Using compatibility charts to optimize research into fire retardants

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
T. Yu. Eremina ◽  
D. A. Korolchenko ◽  
F. A. Portnov
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Material Research ◽  
Fire Retardants ◽  
Interdisciplinary Methods

Introduction. Interdisciplinary research is a most relevant issue in science and education. The integration of intellectual resources with research and production infrastructure is acknowledged as the main goal of interdisciplinary research in the international practice. The main (analytical) part. The authors propose the following methodological approach to the study, based on the distribution of interdisciplinary methods into groups by the scale of the research subject (material). In this case, the studies have the following levels: microlevel, supramolecular level, material research, design research. The paper presents research methods used at each of these levels. The co-authors propose to optimize the study of performance characteristics of building materials and fire retardants through the use of a compatibility chart with regard for the study levels and the analysis of methods of experimental research at each level. Using a compatibility chart. The methodology of the study. A research into the fire retardant efficiency of esters of phosphoric acid, used to modify wood, was selected as a practical example for compatibility diagrams. The project encompasses a number of methods applicable to compatibility charts: the method of elemental analysis, the Gibbs energy assessment method, the sample surface assessment method, the electron microscopy method, methods of assessing fire-hazardous characteristics of wood, the water sorption method, strength and biosecurity assessment methods. Conclusions. The co-authors first proposed an algorithm for generalizing the empirical data on mechanochemical characteristics of materials using interdisciplinary methods in the form of a compatibility chart. This methodology optimizes research into any composite materials though it preserves targeted research methods and eliminates impractical and concomitant experimental studies, thus, reducing labour costs and environmental impacts.

Kryzysy w procesie integracji europejskiej i sposoby ich przezwyciężania –wprowadzenie do problematyki badań

2014 ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstanty A. Wojtaszczyk ◽  
Jadwiga Nadolska ◽  
Jarosław F. Czub
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research Project ◽  
Legitimacy Crisis ◽  
The Eu

The article presents the assumptions of the interdisciplinary research project, whose object of analysis are crises in the European integration process. The project distinguishes 12 planes of analysis of the crises, revealing their different aspects (crises in the integration process from a theoretical perspective, crises in the process of European integration from a historical perspective, axiological crisis, crisis of legitimacy, crisis of the model of democracy in Europe, crisis of the modernisation of the EU, financial and economic crisis, social crisis, structural crisis, crisis of communication, Poland and the crises in the EU, EU in the international arena during crisis). The article discusses the objectives and research hypothesis, significance of the project and the expected results of the project. For each module of the project, theories explaining the origin, nature, consequences and ways of overcoming the crisis phenomena were distinguished and the research methods by which research goals are planned to be achieved were specified.

Knowledge Production through Interdisciplinary Skills

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pepukayi Chitakunye ◽  
Amandeep Takhar-Lail
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Research Students ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study contributes to existing methodological knowledge by showing how a transformed research methods curriculum, which is beyond the milieu of schooling, can engage postgraduate students in a critical dialogue on how knowledge is produced in industry and higher education. Initial insights are drawn from two interpretive studies that employed interdisciplinary methods, and guidelines are developed to encourage educators and industry experts to be reflexive about producing knowledge that is needed for managerial decision making. Further insights were also drawn from in-depth interviews with 20 postgraduate students and six research supervisors across different universities. The findings demonstrate how the adoption of interdisciplinary research skills is interconnected with moving research students from a position of being disengaged to being engaged when conducting research, and consequently producing managers that are better equipped to deal with the challenges facing industry in a globalized business environment. The authors argue that by embracing traditional and innovative interdisciplinary research skills in the research methods curricula, future managers are presented with richer information that will help to solve industry-related problems. It is further argued that this will also help to sharpen the skills needed in emerging economies to deal with challenges in the world of work.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Research in Public Management: Perspective of Economics and Sociology

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Md Humayun Kabir ◽  
Md Ziaur Rahman ◽  
Shaheen Yusufzada
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
National Development ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Comprehensive Development

At present, the study of public administration embodies the integration of social science disciplines. The main purpose of this study is to explore interdisciplinary research in public management by analyzing the theory and practices of economics and sociology. A qualitative method has been employed to obtain the objectives. This study reveals that the diversification of public administration research is a manifestation of the diversity, complexity and comprehensive development in the field of public management. Economics and sociology provide new perspectives and research methods for public administration in different aspects. With the change of the value orientation of national development, the research of public management should also be re-examined.

Lingwistyka à la inter. Status i perspektywy badań interdyscyplinarnych

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Academic Units ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Single Publication

The interest of linguists in research findings from various fields of humanities and natural sciences is not waning. It has increased in recent years, inter alia, as a result of new ministerial regulations providing opportunities for more flexible evaluation of researchers and academic units. However, this interest stems primarily from the subject of linguistics itself. Linguists, having as their subject the linguistic and communicative properties of humans, cannot do without systematically following the results and research methods applied by the representatives of even those disciplines that only marginally take into account human beings, their genesis, nature, goals, or social functions. The interdisciplinary research involved here is simply natural for contemporary linguists. It is not easy to comprehensively present the initiatives resulting from such research in a single publication. The content of this work deals primarily with research that enjoys full acceptance in contemporary linguistic discourse. It is also full of innovative reflections on a number of relationships conceivable between linguistics and other sciences. These relationships are dealt with by the authors in the subject areas they have outlined.

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