Journal
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 214-225Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1852241
Keywords
interdisciplinary; hydrology; collaborative; social sciences; fieldwork
Categories
Funding
- NERC
- ESRC
- AHRC [NE/P016049/1]
- Rockefeller Foundation
- USAID
- Sida
- Collaborative Research Centre Future Rural Africa, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [328966760]
- German Excellence Initiative
- Australian Research Council Linkage Project [LP150100588]
- NERC [NE/P016049/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Australian Research Council [LP150100588] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This paper discusses the important considerations and guiding principles for hydrologists involved in fieldwork with participants and working collaboratively with social scientists, drawing on theory and experience to understand key ethical, theoretical, and practical considerations. The barriers and opportunities in collaborative interdisciplinary research are also discussed to strengthen collaboration and develop more holistic research.
To explore and address complex water-related issues, true collaborative, interdisciplinary research at the interface of hydrology and social science is necessary. Accordingly, hydrologists are increasingly working with social sciences and becoming involved in fieldwork with participants. With the overarching aim of facilitating collaboration and interdisciplinary water research, here we discuss important considerations and guiding principles for hydrologists, both those new to and those already familiar with interdisciplinary research, who are: (i) involved in fieldwork with participants; and (ii) working more collaboratively with social scientists. Drawing on first-hand experiences, this paper combines theory and experience from hydrologists and social scientists from their various interdisciplinary research projects to better understand key ethical, theoretical and practical considerations when working with participants. Complementary to this, we discuss the barriers and opportunities in collaborative interdisciplinary research. Facilitating these practices and understandings for hydrologists is essential to strengthen collaboration and to develop more holistic, successful research.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available