The Edge of Knowing : Curiosity, Complexity and Collaboration at the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam / Huub Dijstelbloem, Sanne Bloemink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dijstelbloem, Huub, editor.

Bloemink, Sanne, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : WBooks.

Summary:

How do new ideas emerge, and how can collaboration across disciplines transform our understanding of the world? The Edge of Knowing provides an insight into the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at the University of Amsterdam - an environment where curiosity, complexity and collaboration converge.The IAS brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the defining challenges of our time, such as climate change, health, technology, governance, and the evolving nature of knowledge itself. Through a rich collection of essays and interviews, this book explores what 'advancement' in research truly means, examining how it unfolds, what it requires, how it generates impact and how it can be sustained within and beyond institutional boundaries.By tracing the experiences and reflections of scholars working at the intersection of disciplines, The Edge of Knowing explores the conditions that enable innovation and the collective pursuit of understanding. It is both a portrait of a unique institute and a broader inquiry into how research evolves in the face of complexity.

Contents:

Introduction: Advanced Research into Complex Scientific and Societal Issues 1. 'The IAS as a Motor Block of Creativity': On the Benefits of a University-Based Institute for Advanced Study 2. 'No Pressure Is Maximum Pressure': On Science, Research and Society 3. Pioneering Research 4. A Journey through Knowledge Infrastructures 5. 'No Duties, Only Opportunities': All Paths Pointing towards Complexity 6. The Complex System Approach to Psychology 7. 'Broccoli Pizzas Don't Help': On Health Complexity 8. 'Give Me Reasons': Why Models Should Never Be More Than Tools: On Ecology and Complexity 9. Complexity and AI 10. The Mosaic of Causality: A Modest Autoethnography 11. Measurement across the Sciences 12. Matters of Concern, Modes of Inquiry: On the Formation of Empirical Ethics 13. Emergence - Living on Edges and Bridges 14. 'Don't Fall in Love with Your Model': On Computational Science and Complexity 15. 'The Glue of Complexity': On Epidemiology and Interdisciplinarity 16. The Poetry of Absence: On Art, Science and the Landscape of Affordances 17. 'There Is No Alternative to Optimism': On Sustainability and the Future of Energy 18. 'Creating an Epistemic Counter Power': The AI, Media & Democracy Lab 19. Babies, Science and Future Generations 20. Sparks: Notes from a Journalist-in-Residence 21. 'Opening the Shutters': A Conversation with an 'Academic Entrepreneur' on Social Network Analysis 22. The Fair Test: Network Approaches in Psychology 23. Urban Mental Health.

Notes:

"Amsterdam University Press".

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781042010110

OCLC:

1592929167