Interdisciplinarity Again … or Still?

Weingart, Peter; Padberg, Britta

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“…One of the defining features of the developing field of sport science is its multi‐ and interdisciplinary nature. Our intention here, following the lead of the Bielefeld Centre for Interdisciplinary research (Weinberg & Padberg, 2014; Padberg, 2014), is to examine the way in which this interdisciplinarity is practised in the Centres of Sport Science of the European Union. The term “research centre” designates institutions that can bring together several dozen researchers, consisting of several “laboratories” each containing several “research teams”.…”

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Forms of interdisciplinarity in four sport science research centres in Europe

Camy

Fargier

Perrin

et al. 2016

European Journal of Sport Science

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Interdisciplinarity is often presented as a significant element of sport science. We present here the results of an investigation conducted in four European Sport Science Research Centres applying interdisciplinarity. Four main dimensions, that we have called "forms", have been investigated. The "scientific", "organisational", "academic" and "societal" forms cover a wide range of activities run by these Centres. We have compared their situations using indicators. Globally they present quite similar combinations of forms, with dominant roles in the construction of interdisciplinarity played by the organisational and societal forms. The scientific form is never quite supported by an epistemological setting and the academic form, mostly characterised by the position of the university, plays an influential role when it is hostile to that kind of research. Following Klein classification, all of them remain at a multidisciplinary stage, one of them exploring interdisciplinary tracks in some research projects. The development of a common culture and a curiosity regarding disciplines other than its own is a key factor for a sustainable situation, as is the capacity to secure long-term financial resources, often linked to a high academic recognition for the director(s).

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confidence: 99%