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Disciplinarity; Education; Interdisciplinarity; Meta-research; Multidisciplinarity; Multidisciplinary perspectives; Research methods; Sustainable development

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This entry scrutinizes approaches to research, knowledge creation, and education through the prism of “disciplinarity” and “interdisciplinarity.” The discourse also explores alternative and competing conceptual approaches, terminology, and typology, including “multidisciplinarity,” “systems theory,” “multiliteracies,” and “anti-disciplinarity.” While there seems to be no consensus definition in respect of these terms (and some overlap between concepts), approaches to disciplinarity are best understood in terms of their historical evolutionary context, which will be introduced first and precedes the more detailed discussion of individual concepts. This exploratory discussion also features two Ph.D. case studies which illustrate interdisciplinarity in contemporary research practice.

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Grateful acknowledgment for essential support is made to the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the development organization World Vision International (WVI), the Australian Research Council, as well as the musical instrument company Yamaha.

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  1. Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore, Singapore

    Jer-Ming Chen

  2. Research Affiliate, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jer-Ming Chen

  3. Visiting Scholar, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Jer-Ming Chen

  4. Asian Music Technology Ltd., Singapore, Singapore

    Jer-Ming Chen

  5. CHC Higher Education, Brisbane/Carindale, QLD, Australia

    Johannes M. Luetz

  6. Adjunct Academic, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Johannes M. Luetz

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Chen, JM., Luetz, J.M. (2020). Mono-/Inter-/Multi-/Trans-/Anti-disciplinarity in Research. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69902-8_33-1

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