Generations of interdisciplinarity in bioinformatics

Bartlett, Andrew, Lewis, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1065-6017 and Williams, Matthew L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2566-6063 2016. Generations of interdisciplinarity in bioinformatics. New Genetics and Society 35 (2) , pp. 186-209. 10.1080/14636778.2016.1184965

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Abstract

Bioinformatics, a specialism propelled into relevance by the Human Genome Project and the subsequent -omic turn in the life science, is an interdisciplinary field of research. Qualitative work on the disciplinary identities of bioinformaticians has revealed the tensions involved in work in this “borderland.” As part of our ongoing work on the emergence of bioinformatics, between 2010 and 2011, we conducted a survey of United Kingdom-based academic bioinformaticians. Building on insights drawn from our fieldwork over the past decade, we present results from this survey relevant to a discussion of disciplinary generation and stabilization. Not only is there evidence of an attitudinal divide between the different disciplinary cultures that make up bioinformatics, but there are distinctions between the forerunners, founders and the followers; as inter/disciplines mature, they face challenges that are both inter-disciplinary and inter-generational in nature.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Additional Information:	Translator disclaimer This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1463-6778
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 May 2016
Date of Acceptance:	28 April 2016
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 15:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/90275

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