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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Community essay tools for enhancing interdisciplinary communication
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, Volume 7, No. 1, Year 2011
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This is a collaborative community essay, written by ten postdoctoral research fellows who had the opportunity to come together at Columbia University's interdisciplinary Earth Institute. In many ways, we were different: our disciplinary backgrounds run the gamut in physical and social sciences; we study in different parts of the world, from sub-Saharan Africa to Latin America; we approach our work differently-some of us spend our days in the field collecting and ana-lyzing soil samples, others conduct in-depth interviews in rural communities, while still others spend time in the lab elaborating formulas and crunching numbers. Yet, we found common ground: all of us are committed to addressing issues of sustainability in complex environments. As such, we wanted to harness our diversity and various strengths to bring together scientific, political, economic, demographic, geographic, ecological, and ethical perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development. We remain ambitious in our aims. Nonetheless, we realized that our first task was figuring out how to communicate effectively across often disparate disciplines. This community essay chronicles that part of our journey. We hope it will be of use to others who endeavor to work across and beyond traditional academic disciplines. © 2011 Winowiecki et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
United States, New York
Earth Institute
Smukler, Sean Michael
United States, New York
Earth Institute
Remans, Roseline
United States, New York
Earth Institute
Comita, Liza S.
United States, New York
Earth Institute
Alkema, Leontine
Singapore, Singapore City
National University of Singapore
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/15487733.2011.11908067
ISSN:
15487733
Study Approach
Qualitative