1. Key terms Intradisciplinarity: working within a single discipline
Multidisciplinarity: juxtaposition of multiple disciplinary perspectives
Interdisciplinarity: interaction and integration across disciplinary perspectives
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National Academies of Science (2005);
Australian Council of Learned Academies (2012)

2. Defining interdisciplinarity
‘Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is a mode of research by teams or individuals that integrates information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts, and/or theories from two or more disciplines or bodies of specialized knowledge to advance fundamental understanding or to solve problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of a single discipline or field of research practice.’
National Academies of Science (2005:26)
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3. Transdisciplinarity
‘A reflexive, integrative, method-driven scientific principle aiming at the solution or transition of societal problems and concurrently of related scientific problems by differentiating and integrating knowledge from various scientific and societal bodies of knowledge.’
Lang et al (2012:26-27)
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4. Interdisciplinary Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Jonathan Pickering
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Canberra
IGPA Graduate Research Forum, 30 April 2019
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Kemp (2017) Nature Climate Change

8. Paris vs Kyoto: scope of comparison
Independent momentum for global mitigation
Alternative venues for international cooperation
Circumstances of US retreat
Substantive provisions of each treaty
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11. How can hard/soft legal norms…
Research question:
How can hard/soft legal norms…
…enhance ecological reflexivity?
Overall framework
Targets
Review and compliance mechanisms
Capacity to:
Rethink values & practices
Respond effectively to risks of climate change
Research design:

17. Farber 2007

18. jonathan.pickering@canberra.edu.au @jrpickering
Thank you
@jrpickering
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