Text Analysis of Disciplinary Research Papers

Carey, Emily; Gopsill, James; Newnes, Linda

doi:10.3233/atde200058

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“…To overcome this it has been necessary to utilise a primordial definition of TD such as the first systematic approaches defined by Jantch [16], to enable clear expression and a framework for presenting TD concepts. In more recent work significant language being used in TD academic literature has been distilled into the top most frequent concepts that should comprise TD projects [10]. This model supports to provide a collective TD representation for comparing the industrial findings and concepts that emerge from this study.…”

Section: Background Literaturementioning

confidence: 61%

“…It is a surprise given prior work suggests the TD nature of health [10], that only 3 health projects were found in industry TD project examples. This is in comparison to the 14 for both sustainability and environmental projects.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Themes in interview data highlight huge differences from prior TD language and concepts used in academia [10]. This means that there are still language barriers in interpreting current industrial terminology and contexts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In the pilot interview it was necessary to present a clear foundational academic TD [17] [18] to frame the questions being asked overcoming multiplicity in language and concepts [10]. To avoid personal influence creating bias [17][18], we used scripted TD questions, a short video describing all "disciplinarities" based on Jantsch's definitions not our own [16], an interview protocol and documented information briefings [19].…”

Section: Data Collection Semi-structured Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Without prior established engagment of practitioners in industry to evaluate their TD position and with the knowledge debate in academic circles about the core components of TD projects [10], the language and definitions being utilised cannot be assumed. Hence an exploratory approach using a case study method begins building a robust picture of the current state of TD in industry [11], this was also used in new areas such a collaborative engineering [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Foraging for Transdisciplinary Challenges: Emergent Industrial Themes

Carey¹,

Newnes²,

Lattanzio³

et al. 2021

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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This paper presents our findings from thirteen industrial interviews, to investigate the significance of transdisciplinarity (TD) in an industrial context. Thus to gain insight into the resilience of industrial manufacturing in rapidly changing environments and establish what enabling or disabling practices may currently exist. The interviews were conducted as an initial part of a wider case study approach being undertaken by the TREND research team and were semi-structured in format. We present the background and research questions being addressed and outline our exploratory research approach. The analysis of interview transcriptions is provided answering our research questions and identifying any emerging themes. Of the industry interviews, only five interviewees had heard of the term TD, the definition of TD varied between companies and did not align with the primordial system of Jantsch’s work. A number of focal enabling and disabling industrial themes emerge from the interviews and related discourse such as the positive and negative human contribution(s) and growing global teams involved in manufacture. For industry to be resilient and meet rapid technological and societal change, these themes should be core for manufacturing solutions. Secondary studies should investigate literature and collaborate with engineering industries to test any potential TD interventions.

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Section: Background Literaturementioning

confidence: 61%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Data Collection Semi-structured Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lattanzio³

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Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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Proposal of a Self-Assessment Competency Framework for Transdisciplinary Engineering

Sajdakova

Carey

Dhokia

et al. 2022

J. Ind. Intg. Mgmt.

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Transdisciplinary (TD) working is claimed to be critical to meet future societal needs, with engineers being at the core to provide solutions to these challenges. However, there is little available that enables one to assess whether they or their team have the competencies required. Within this paper, we propose a self-assessment framework to ascertain whether design engineers have the competencies which enable TD working. We describe how the competencies were identified using a systematic literature review (SLR), we then describe how we utilized coded decision trees to classify which disciplinary level a particular competency can enable. In total, 76 competencies were classified; the results of the analysis show 20 of these displaying TD attributes as defined by Jantsch. The novelty of the approach is as follows: (1) In this paper, we propose a novel way to map the identified competencies against the levels of Jantsch’s hierarchical framework. (2) The proposed framework enables self-assessment of individual or team competencies to assess whether they have the competencies which enable TD working. (3) It enables a move towards incorporating TD practices in engineering projects.

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Concepts of transdisciplinary engineering: a transdisciplinary landscape

Lattanzio¹,

Nassehi²,

Parry³

et al. 2021

IJASM

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The term 'transdisciplinary' is receiving increased attention within engineering academic and research funding communities. We survey authors of papers presented at the 27 th ISTE International Transdisciplinary Engineering Conference (TE2020) to answer two research questions: 1) How do authors define transdisciplinary engineering? 2) What do authors perceive differentiates interdisciplinary engineering research from transdisciplinary engineering research? Responses from thirty-four participants (50%), are qualitatively analysed. Results show that for the three characteristics commonly used in characterisations of transdisciplinarity (goal, collaboration and integration), multiple concepts exist. These range from generic expressions which overlap with how interdisciplinarity is defined within the general literature, to stronger, more definitive expressions. Conclusions find that rather than a single definition a transdisciplinary landscape exists. To enable users to define where they sit in the transdisciplinary landscape, we create a framework enabling users to map their position under the three key characteristics of goal, collaboration and integration.

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Text Analysis of Disciplinary Research Papers

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Foraging for Transdisciplinary Challenges: Emergent Industrial Themes

Foraging for Transdisciplinary Challenges: Emergent Industrial Themes

Proposal of a Self-Assessment Competency Framework for Transdisciplinary Engineering

Concepts of transdisciplinary engineering: a transdisciplinary landscape

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