To achieve breakthroughs and innovations in applied, practical problems often requires inputs from individuals who are well-qualified in fields outside of the technical domain of the subject problem. Such individuals can see problems and solutions in “naïve”, unconventional ways that are not apparent to specialists in the problem domain. The opinions/suggestions of courageous university professors and graduate students concerning the solutions of pressing global problems are desperately needed, whether or not the problem area is in within their field of specialty.
I don't think like this. At present all higher education institutions are moving towards industry-academia linkage. the interactions between the two is fruitful for all. Professors especially from management discipline, are made board of directors in most of the companies to gain from their academic experience. Motivated professors and students keep on writing their blogs for all kind of social, economic or global issues.
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Dear Dr Lucero, I think this happen because people prefer specialized career, and those which follow interdisciplinary path are somehow rejected. Security feeling about self knowledge is typical of our academic world, it is also typical of positivistic form of science making. Many of those which claim themselves as transdisciplinary scientists do not practice transdisciplinarity (they just claim). They keep the "potency of TD". I see lots of them. Considering what Dr Jyoti presented, I see that some universities and research centers are trying to collaborate in interdisciplinary work, but I do not think that it usually succeeds. People fear mistakes while researchers, the feeling and acting for avoiding mistakes is stronger than the feeling for new experiences of collaboration. Authorship claiming also blurs things. Somehow, researchers fear for their "core" reputation. This is what I see, and what I experience in my reality. Of course, other researchers can see it diversely. As up to me, I still feel like "if you are not hard, then you are soft", or the opposite, This is the "all or nothing" trap, whatever you can call it. If you do not belong or fit this, then you will be chewed.
Dear Claudia,
What I have seen coincides with your observations and interpretations.
This is a sad condition because there are too few solutions to the complex global problems we face. As in "brain storming", to find a solution requires that all participants volunteer constructive inputs and suggestions, without fear of their inputs being ridiculed or they being viewed as naive or incompetent. That's the only way to reap innovative solutions to difficult problems. If our best educated and informed citizens do not participate in the discussions, then the world is severely handicapped in trying to solve problems.
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