October 2022 - Listserv For Scientists

Value of design abduction in exploring complex problems

by Gabriele Bammer

Value of design abduction in exploring complex problems is discussed by Mariana Zafeirakopoulos in https://i2insights.org/2022/11/01/abductive-reasoning-for-complexity/. Is required because operating in realm of unknown, unknowable or unimaginable requires more than fact, definition & pattern-recognition. Start with desired outcomes & use creativity to assess what is needed & how to proceed to achieve the outcome. Includes: 1) practising sensemaking which is a motivated & continued effort to understand connections, 2) legitimising constructivism ie personal experiences as ways of creating knowledge & meaning through human interactions and 3) adopting knowledge coproduction to bring in diverse stakeholder voices reflecting on outcomes they want. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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Winter Boot Camp for Interdisciplinary Research Publishing

by Andi Hess

Hi all, I am excited to be running a brand new boot camp for interdisciplinary researchers this winter. Please share widely *Mute Reviewer 2* In this 6 week program I'll take you through positioning your research for an audience in a different discipline than your home. In the future, this will become a 6-week course with recorded videos and resources for larger groups, but since this is the first time I'll be building it LIVE with you. As a founding member, this means you will get: - weekly live video lessons that will break down the process step by step - live coaching with me to answer your questions directly - individualized support with your disciplines and your research as examples - lifetime access to all updates and future versions of this boot camp as it grows and evolves - a HUGE founder discount! I expect this boot camp will be $2500 normally, but for just this first time I'm giving you $1000 off Since it's the first time, I'm only taking 20 members. See more and reserve your spot here <https://remixcoaching.thinkific.com/courses/mutereviewer2> **if you need something special from me to use your university development funds, let me know.* *Andi Hess* *I am no longer with ASU as of August 2022. *

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New article: 5 main approaches to assessing Interdisciplinarity

by Laursen, Bethany

Dear colleagues, Sharing here our new, open-access article to aid the study and practice of the assessment of interdisciplinarity. This article won the Best Paper award at the 2022 Science of Team Science conference, so we have high hopes you will find it useful. Happy to discuss. --Bethany Award Winning New Article: Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., & Anderson, K. J. (2022). Pathway profiles: Learning from five main approaches to assessing interdisciplinarity. Research Evaluation. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvac036<https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/reseval/r…> Abstract: Monitoring and evaluating interdisciplinarity is crucial for informing decisions about interdisciplinary (ID) policies, funding, and work. Yet, the recent explosion of ID assessment approaches represents an overwhelming buffet of options that has produced little consensus, limited guidance, and minimal insights into interdisciplinarity and its value to society. This article extends findings from a companion study that systematically reviewed the ID assessment field from 2000 to 2019. Engaging with the same extensive dataset but in a new way, we employ typological analysis and condense 1,006 published assessment designs into just five main assessment approaches called Pathway Profiles. We then tailor assessment guidance to each Pathway Profile, including potential settings in which each could be most useful and ways each could be modified to reduce challenges and increase rigor. Our goal in defining and interacting with the core of the ID assessment field in this way is not only to clarify activity in this vast and disjointed space but also to simplify and facilitate processes of understanding, choosing from, and strategically developing this diverse landscape. Pathway Profiles can be used as heuristic gateways to the ID assessment field, particularly when it comes to finding relevant examples, adapting designs to situations, and ultimately uncovering the true outcomes of interdisciplinarity. --BKL ____________________________ Dr. Bethany Laursen<http://www.bethanylaursen.com/> Assistant Dean, The Graduate School Michigan State University Award Winning New Article: Pathway Profiles: Learning from Five Main Approaches to Assessing Interdisciplinarity<https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/reseval/r…> Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Learn more here.<https://aiis.msu.edu/land/>

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Checklists for assessing uncertainty-awareness-ambiguity in decision making

by Gabriele Bammer

Checklists for assessing uncertainty-awareness-ambiguity in decision making are provided by Fabio Boschetti in his revisited i2Insights contribution at https://i2insights.org/2020/07/28/uncertainty-awareness-ambiguity/. Uncertainty, awareness and ambiguity provides a 3-dimensional space for mapping knowledge and there are simple questions for assessing them. Key questions are: What would change my mind? What evidence, novel insight or alternative framing would lead me to reconsider my conclusion? The i2Insights contribution provides the checklists and your comments are welcome. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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An extended DPSIR (driving forces, pressures, states, impacts, responses) framework

by Gabriele Bammer

An extended DPSIR framework is described by Will Allen in https://i2insights.org/2022/10/25/extending-dpsir-framework/. Driving forces can be natural or anthropogenic & result in Pressures on environmental & socio-economic States, leading to Impacts & subsequent societal Responses. The framework describes a very complex web of many interactions and can include equity and inclusive development perspectives. It links science more closely with policy and management. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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How capturing diverse ways any researcher achieves influence & research impact is essential for effective interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary research

by Gabriele Bammer

How capturing diverse ways any researcher achieves influence & research impact is essential for effective interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary research is explored in this revisited i2Insights contribution at https://i2insights.org/2020/04/14/diversity-in-research-impact/. Reflective narratives on Julie Thompson Klein's work highlight the richness & range of individual contributions & the need to reward individual strengths. Using reflective narratives requires attention to 1) contributor selection & 2) synthesis methods. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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Adaptive skilling and its implications for tribal and mainstream societies

by Gabriele Bammer

Adaptive skilling and its implications for tribal and mainstream societies is discussed by Seema Purushothaman in https://i2insights.org/2022/10/18/adaptive-skilling/. She describes how tribal societies can forge a healthy equilibrium wherein short-term gains in livelihoods are achieved without permanent loss in quality & security of tribal life. This requires institutionalising an informed & inclusive process, with blended social institutions crafted at interface between cultural-ecological know-how & constitutional provisions for local governance. It also requires equipping tribal societies with appropriate know-how to align developmental processes with their social-ecological context plus informing them on constitutional provisions & modern social norms. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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Resources for effective collaboration

by Gabriele Bammer

Resources for effective collaboration are presented by Gary Olson, Judy Olson, Dan Stokols and Maritza Salazar Campo in their revisited i2Insights contribution at https://i2insights.org/2020/04/21/resources-for-team-success/. They help capitalise on the benefits of teamwork (access to broader expertise, access to more resources, creation of synergies, ability to build on past success, expanded funding opportunities) and overcome the challenges (1) conflicting goals, 2) different work styles, 3) ambiguous criteria for assigning credit for work, 4) contested control of resources, 5) lack of common ground, 6) lack of effective leadership, 7) hidden distribution of funds, 8) miscommunication, 9) loss of trust, 10) lack of tools to support the collaboration, 11) daunting size or scale of the team, 12) geographic distribution, 13) difficulties in decision making 14) unclear process for updating goals 15) institutional barriers, e.g., promotion & tenure policies, credit issues. =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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How interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary researchers integrate into academic institutions &/or disrupt the status quo

by Gabriele Bammer

How interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary researchers integrate into academic institutions &/or disrupt the status quo is described by Laura Norton, Giulia Sonetti and Mauro Sarrica in https://i2insights.org/2022/10/11/inter-and-transdisciplinary-narratives/. They present three common narratives: 1) the hero or individual escape, 2) the refugee in a sanctuary or exclusive inclusivity and 3) the navigator of shifting borders or disrupt the status quo. Where do you fit? =================================================== Professor Gabriele Bammer National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Health and Medicine The Australian National University 62 Mills Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia +61 2 6125 0716 Gabriele.Bammer(a)anu.edu.au<mailto:Gabriele.Bammer@anu.edu.au> @GabrieleBammer http://i2s.anu.edu.au<http://www.anu.edu.au/iisn> http://i2Insights.org<http://i2insights.org/> CRICOS Provider # 00120C ===================================================

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FW: National Science Foundation rotator opportunity

by Freyman, Christina

The National Science Foundation just announced a new Program Director position in the new Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Directorate<https://beta.nsf.gov/tip/latest> to lead the evaluation of the Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines)<https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/regional-innovation-engines/find-p…> program. The NSF Engines program aims to catalyze robust partnerships rooted in scientific and technological innovation to positively impact the economy within a geographic region, address societal challenges, and advance national competitiveness. The program launched in the Spring of 2022, and awards offered through this program will be up to $160 million for up to 10 years. For details about the position and how to apply see: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/681767400. Applications are due on November 16, 2022 From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update(a)govdelivery.nsf.gov<mailto:nsf-update@govdelivery.nsf.gov>> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:02 PM Subject: National Science Foundation NSF career opportunities [https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USNSF/2021/09/4912…] ________________________________ You are subscribed to NSF career opportunities for the National Science Foundation. Interdisciplinary (Program Director): (Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) / Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems (TIP/ITE)) - Closes 11-16-2022<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVy…> 10/05/2022 08:00 AM EDT Job Type: STEM [instagram]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVy…>[twitter]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVy…>[facebook]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVy…>[linkedin]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVy…>[youtube]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVy…> Manage Preferences / Unsubscribe<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVy…> | Help<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVy…> | Contact NSF<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVy…> ________________________________ This email was sent to rshearma(a)nsf.gov<mailto:rshearma@nsf.gov> using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation * 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 * 703-292-5111 [GovDelivery logo]<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVy…>

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