
Zur Wissenschaftlichkeit transdisziplinärer Forschung
Author(s) -
Jennifer Henze
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gaia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2625-5413
pISSN - 0940-5550
DOI - 10.14512/gaia.30.1.8
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , discipline , sociology , political science , sustainability , sociology of scientific knowledge , social science , engineering , ecology , biology
Wissenschaftlichkeit ist der Hauptanspruch wissenschaftlicher Wissensproduktion. Sie wird durch standardisiertes Forschungshandeln charakterisiert. Der Beitrag untersucht das Verhältnis von Forschungshandeln und Wissenschaftlichkeit in transdisziplinärer Forschung im Vergleich zu disziplinärer Grundlagenforschung. Es werden fünf Standards für transdisziplinäres Forschungshandeln formuliert. Sie dokumentieren eine veränderte Auffassung von Wissenschaftlichkeit in transdisziplinärer Forschung.Scientific knowledge production is characterized by standardized research practices supposed to ensure good scientific practice. Standards of conduct, developed as values and norms from disciplinary basic research, guide scientific knowledge production. Transdisciplinary research, however, explicitly addresses societal challenges, for example, climate change or sustainability. This challenge-orientation shifts the focus of scientists and requires different methodological and theoretical approaches than research questions driven solely by scientific curiosity. This article investigates the relation of research practices and scientificity in transdisciplinary research based on a literature review and proposes standards for transdisciplinary research practices. The article finds that the modified standards of research practice lead to an altered understanding of scientificity in transdisciplinary research in comparison with disciplinary basic research.