The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)— Epistemic and Institutional Considerations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Interdisciplinarity Again … or Still? 7
4. I. Interdisciplinarity in Teaching and Research
5. Toward Interdisciplinarity by Design in the American Research University 13
6. Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands 37
7. Between a Program-Oriented Approach and Commitment to One’s Discipline: the Experimental Merger of Different Research Cultures at KIT 49
8. The Foundation of KIT within the Context of the Science System— A Provocation in Science Policy 69
9. A Place Apart: Opportunities in Developing Leuphana University of Lüneburg 81
10. The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)— Epistemic and Institutional Considerations 95
11. II. Interdisciplinarity as a Guiding Principle for Universities
12. “Cross the border, close the gap” 117
13. Opportunities and Obstacles of University Reforms: Cluster Building and its Problems—From the Perspective of University Leadership 135
14. Interdisciplinarity and the New Governance of Universities 151
15. The end of Disciplinarity 175
16. About the Authors 199