Surveys Show Barriers To Interdisciplinary Social And Environmental Science
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 15:40
in Psychology & Sociology
Everyone agrees that interdisciplinary research is a good idea - for someone else. A survey of social and environmental scientists found that limits to career advancement and lack of credit for promotion and tenure were big obstacles. There have been efforts to promote work on interactions between humans and the environment but success has been elusive. To better understand the obstacles facing natural and social scientists attempting such work, PhD student Eric D. Roy of Louisiana State University and co-authors from a variety of institutions surveyed researchers at all career stages who were interested and experienced in such research. read more