Interdisciplinary Approach for Peace Studies’ Students

Interdisciplinary Course for Biology Students

Modern biological sciences require practitioners to have increasing levels of knowledge, competence, and skills in mathematics and programming. A recent review of the science curriculum at the University of Queensland, a large, research-intensive institution in Australia, resulted in the development of a more quantitatively rigorous undergraduate program. Inspired by the National Research Counc...

A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinarity is necessitated by complexity, specifically by the structure and behavior of complex systems. The nature of complex systems provides a rationale for interdisciplinary study. An examination of complex systems yields new insights into the practice of interdisciplinary study and confirms widely accepted principles for the conduct of interdisciplinary inquiry. Complex systems al...

Concept of Peace in Peace Studies: A Short Historical Sketch

This paper attempts to trace the development of the concept of peace in peace studies, by an examination of studies on the peace concept and definitions of peace by peace researchers, from two perspectives of peace value and peace sphere. It shows that the concept of peace employed in peace studies has been expanded both in peace value and peace sphere to include more than one peace value and p...

AREA STUDIES versus DISCIPLINES TOWARDS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, SYSTEMIC COUNTRY APPROACH

The paper argues for a truly interdisciplinary, synergistic area approach, for applying cybersystemic and holistic thinking in the study of countries (regions of the world), for awakening to the interdependence and complementarity of different disciplines, concerned with the study of aspects of the world. At their very best, area studies are no more than multidisciplinary in character. Consisti...

Interdisciplinary Approach - Advantages, Disadvantages, and the Future Benefits of Interdisciplinary Studies