When Ecology Needs Economics and Economics Needs Ecology: Interdisciplinary Exchange during the Anthropocene
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Evidence that humans play a dominant role in most ecosystems forces scientists to confront systems that contain factors transgressing traditional disciplinary boundaries. However, it is an open question whether this state of affairs should encourage interdisciplinary exchange or integration. With two case studies, we show that exchange between ecologists and economists is preferable, for epistemological and policy-oriented reasons, to their acting independently. We call this “exchange gain.” Our case studies show that theoretical exchanges can be less disruptive to current theory than commonly thought. Valuable interdisciplinary exchange does not necessarily require disciplinary breakdown.
Source: Ethics Policy & Environment
Authors: S. Andrew Inkpen, C. Tyler DesRoches
Institutions: Mount Allison University, Arizona State University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3098111142