Open AccessTraining a New Scientist to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Environment
Author(s) -
LeDee Olivia E.,
Barnes Rebecca T.,
Emanuel Ryan,
Fisher P. Brian,
Henkel Sarah K.,
Marlon Jennifer R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2011eo160002
Subject(s) - scholarship , engineering ethics , work (physics) , training (meteorology) , sociology , political science , engineering , geography , mechanical engineering , meteorology , law
The transboundary nature of global environmental change demands collaborative, multiscale, interdisciplinary research [ U.S. National Academy of Sciences , 2005]. This requires “a new kind of scientist” [ Schmidt and Moyer , 2008]; collaborators must develop both sufficient understanding of one another's work and the skills to integrate data sets and expertise. Although numerous interdisciplinary academic programs have emerged to address this demand, success varies widely. While many address cultural and financial impediments to interdisciplinary research [ Weingart , 2000; Rhoten , 2004], there is little discussion of the skills that facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship and how to obtain them.