Evolving academic culture to meet societal needs

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dc.contributor.authorWowk, Kateryna
dc.contributor.authorMcKinney, Larry
dc.contributor.authorMuller-Karger, Frank
dc.contributor.authorMoll, Russell
dc.contributor.authorAvery, Susan
dc.contributor.authorEscobar-Briones, Elva
dc.contributor.authorYoskowitz, David
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-14T18:07:47Z
dc.date.available2021-06-14T18:07:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-21
dc.description.abstractGiven today’s complex societal challenges, academia should work better with government, industry and others in offering innovative solutions that benefit our society, economy and environment. Researchers across disciplines must work together and with decision-makers to understand how science can have better on-the-ground impacts toward longer-term, resilient societal outcomes. This includes, for example, by working with end-users in problem formation and throughout research projects to ensure decision-making needs are being met, and by linking physical science to additional fields like economics, risk communication or psychology. However, persistent barriers to collaborating across disciplines and with external decision-makers remain. Despite decades of studies highlighting the need for interdisciplinary research and science for decision-making, academic institutions are still not structured to facilitate or reward such collaboration. A group of researchers and educators used a mixed-methods approach to consider the knowledge base on interdisciplinary research and evidence-based policymaking, as well as their own experiences, and formed targeted and actionable recommendations that can help academia overcome these barriers. Their recommendations, specifically targeted to administrators, institutional leads, individual researchers, and research funders, align to three categories: define the role of academia in linking to policy; incorporate nontraditional standards in evaluating success; and build trust while drawing the line between knowledge dissemination and activism. By implementing the following recommendations, academics can foster the culture change that is needed to promote interdisciplinarity, strengthen the impact of their work and help society address urgent and multi-faceted problems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWowk, K., L. McKinney, F. Muller-Karger, R. Moll, S. Avery, E. Escobar-Briones, D. Yoskowitz and R. McLaughlin. 2017. Evolving academic culture to meet societal needs. Palgrave Communications 3:35, 7pp. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-017-0040-1en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-017-0040-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89677
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.subjectBusiness and managementen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental studiesen_US
dc.subjectScience, technology and societyen_US
dc.titleEvolving academic culture to meet societal needsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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