Social science – STEM collaborations in agriculture, food and beyond: an STSFAN manifesto

Karly Burch (), Julie Guthman (), Mascha Gugganig (), Kelly Bronson (), Matt Comi (), Katharine Legun (), Charlotte Biltekoff (), Garrett Broad (), Samara Brock (), Susanne Freidberg (), Patrick Baur () and Diana Mincyte ()
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Karly Burch: University of Auckland
Julie Guthman: University of California
Mascha Gugganig: University of Munich
Kelly Bronson: University of Ottawa
Matt Comi: National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Katharine Legun: Wageningen University
Charlotte Biltekoff: University of California
Garrett Broad: Rowan University
Samara Brock: Yale University
Susanne Freidberg: Dartmouth College
Patrick Baur: University of Rhode Island
Diana Mincyte: City University of New York

Agriculture and Human Values, 2023, vol. 40, issue 3, No 11, 939-949

Abstract: Abstract Interdisciplinary research needs innovation. As an action-oriented intervention, this Manifesto begins from the authors’ experiences as social scientists working within interdisciplinary science and technology collaborations in agriculture and food. We draw from these experiences to: 1) explain what social scientists contribute to interdisciplinary agri-food tech collaborations; (2) describe barriers to substantive and meaningful collaboration; and (3) propose ways to overcome these barriers. We encourage funding bodies to develop mechanisms that ensure funded projects respect the integrity of social science expertise and incorporate its insights. We also call for the integration of social scientific questions and methods in interdisciplinary projects from the outset, and for a genuine curiosity on the part of STEM and social science researchers alike about the knowledge and skills each of us has to offer. We contend that cultivating such integration and curiosity within interdisciplinary collaborations will make them more enriching for all researchers involved, and more likely to generate socially beneficial outcomes.

Keywords: Interdisciplinarity; Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research; Science and technology studies (STS); AgTech; FoodTech and agri-food tech; Technology research and development (R&D); Agri-food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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