Science vs. science: the complexities of interdisciplinary research

  • Authors:
  • Clare J. Hooper;David Millard;Jill Fantauzzacoffin;Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom;University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA;Yahoo! Research, Sunnyvale, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Human-Computer Interaction and Web Science are radically interdisciplinary fields, but what does this mean in practical terms? Undertaking research (and writing papers) that encompass multiple disciplinary perspectives and methods is a serious challenge and it is difficult to maintain conferences that fairly review and host contributions from multiple disciplines. The colocation of the ACM WebSci conference with CHI in Paris, offers an unusual opportunity to bring these two communities together. Previous discussions have considered how to conduct interdisciplinary work that bridges HCI/WebSci with specific areas. Our objective is to provide a space for interested researchers from both communities to share their views and approaches to tackling the tensions and complexities associated with interdisciplinary work, whatever fields are being bridged.