To examine the structural characteristics of university-initiated interdisciplinary studies in Chinese higher education institutions(HEls),this study measured the diversity and coherence of the interdisciplinary studi...To examine the structural characteristics of university-initiated interdisciplinary studies in Chinese higher education institutions(HEls),this study measured the diversity and coherence of the interdisciplinary studies using official data released by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.The findings revealed that interdisciplinary interactions occur across most disciplines of HEls,with particularly wide interdisciplinary spans emerging in social sciences.Computer Science and Management Science are prominent supporting disciplines in interdisciplinarity.Additionally,current interdisciplinary studies predominantly cluster in five domains,namely,intelligent engineering,life medicine,materials informatics,politics and economy,and history and culture.Accordingly,emerging interdisciplinary studies are anticipated in technology-humanities and social governance.It is suggested that HEls strategically incorporate diversity and coherence considerations when formulating interdisciplinary development plans and implementing systematic top-level designs to advance categorized interdisciplinary construction.展开更多
基金funded by the Major Commissioned Program of the China Association of Higher Education in 2022,“Research on Interdisciplinary Integration Mechanisms of Higher Education Institutions”(No.2022Z02)the Shandong Education Science Planning Project,“Research on Knowledge Production Mechanisms of Interdisciplinary Research Organizations in Higher Education Institutions”(No.2020YB009).
文摘To examine the structural characteristics of university-initiated interdisciplinary studies in Chinese higher education institutions(HEls),this study measured the diversity and coherence of the interdisciplinary studies using official data released by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.The findings revealed that interdisciplinary interactions occur across most disciplines of HEls,with particularly wide interdisciplinary spans emerging in social sciences.Computer Science and Management Science are prominent supporting disciplines in interdisciplinarity.Additionally,current interdisciplinary studies predominantly cluster in five domains,namely,intelligent engineering,life medicine,materials informatics,politics and economy,and history and culture.Accordingly,emerging interdisciplinary studies are anticipated in technology-humanities and social governance.It is suggested that HEls strategically incorporate diversity and coherence considerations when formulating interdisciplinary development plans and implementing systematic top-level designs to advance categorized interdisciplinary construction.
