Gabriele Bammer
Biographic Data
| ID | 257487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriele Bammer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriele |
| FAMILY NAME | Bammer |
| SIGNATURE | BAMMER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9098-0951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Advancing transdisciplinarity through library–academic collaboration
Libraries are a central part of the academic system, which is increasingly embracing a range of approaches for tackling complex societal and environmental problems, including transdisciplinarity, which is our focus. The systemic, structural and discipline-based challenges that supporting transdisciplinarity poses for academic libraries are outlined, along with how they are compounded by murkiness around what transdisciplinarity is. A case study o…
Toolkitting: An unrecognized form of expertise for overcoming fragmentation in inter- and transdisciplinarity
A growing number of inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) toolkits provide methods, processes, concepts, heuristics, frameworks, and other resources for designing and implementing ITD research. A brief overview of the currently fragmented toolkits landscape is provided, fleshed out through descriptions of four toolkits. Fragmentation means that researchers are unaware of, and do not have access to, the full array of tools that could benefit their in…
Setting parameters for developing undergraduate expertise in transdisciplinary problem solving at a university-wide scale: A case study
As part of a curriculum reform process, The Australian National University (ANU) is introducing a universal undergraduate requirement that responds to decades-long calls for universities to take seriously the development of expertise in the transdisciplinary problem solving required to address the major challenges facing society. Described here are the process and outcomes of the deliberations of the working group tasked with setting parameters f…
Where to for collaboration in land and water policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand? Guidance for authorising agencies
For the past decade, collaboration has been the preferred method of devising land and water policy in Aotearoa New Zealand to achieve agreed outcomes. However, the use of collaboration in policymaking is at a crossroads, as some argue it is unrealistic to expect stakeholders and tangata whenua with competing interests to work in partnership on contentious policy issues. To help clarify the future direction of collaboration, this paper provides au…
Five ways to ensure that models serve society: A manifesto
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: When is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future
Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD institutional leaders and specific case studies, this article distills key lessons learned from multiple pathways to building successful programs. The lessons reflect both the successes and failures our group has experienced, to suggest how to cultivate appropriate and effective leadership,…
Frameworks for Transdisciplinary Research #8
Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) provides a framework to identify the core elements of expertise required for research to be transdisciplinary in addressing complex societal or environmental problems.Expertise is required in three foundational domains (figure 1):Synthesizing knowledge: Identifying and synthesizing relevant knowledge from various disciplines and stakeholders to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the problem…
Forging future organizational leaders for sustainability science
Key issues in co-creation with stakeholders when research problems are complex
The extensive literature on research co-creation is mostly based on problems being treated as clearly defined and solvable. What is the impact on co-creation when problems are complex, with the following characteristics: difficult to delimit, contested definitions, multiple uncertainties and unresolvable unknowns, constraints on what can be done, and no perfect solution? Co-creation on such problems requires a research mindset that appreciates th…
Questions to
From your point of view, what are today’s most pressing environ mental problems? An overarching pressing challenge is how to effectively tackle complex problems, many of which need urgent attention, including in environment, security, public health and education. There’s an imbalance in the two parallel research approaches needed. One approach is to drill down into such problems to understand pertinent aspects in great detail, and there is an imp…
Toolkits for Transdisciplinarity ‐ Toolkit #8
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Companions to action research: Reaching beyond our networks to build alignments and a common repository of resources
The third edition of The SAGE Handbook of Action Research presents an updated version of the bestselling text, including new chapters covering emerging areas in healthcare, social work, education and international development, as well as an expanded ‘skills’ section which includes new consultant-relevant materials. Building on the strength of the previous landmark editions, Hilary Bradbury has carefully developed this edition to ensure it follows…
Change! Combining Analytic Approaches with Street Wisdom
Change happens all the time, so why is driving particular change generally so hard? Why are the outcomes often unpredictable? Are some types of change easier to achieve than others? Are some techniques for achieving change more effective than others? How can change that is already in train be stopped or deflected? Knowledge about change is fragmented and there is nowhere in the academic or practice worlds that provides comprehensive answers to th…
Change!: Combining Analytic Approaches with Street Wisdom
Change happens all the time, so why is driving particular change generally so hard? Why are the outcomes often unpredictable? Are some types of change easier to achieve than others? Are some techniques for achieving change more effective than others? How can change that is already in train be stopped or deflected?
Transdisciplinarity: Overcoming Fragmentation and Powerlessness
Toolkits for Transdisciplinarity
Toolkits for Transdisciplinarity
The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis
Negotiating boundaries, leadership, and integration and implementation sciences (I2S)
SimAmph: An agent-based simulation model for exploring the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians
Integration and Implementation Sciences: Building a New Specialization
Developing a new specialization-Integration and Implementation Sciences-may be an effective way to draw together and significantly strengthen the theory and methods necessary to tackle complex societal issues and problems.This paper presents an argument for such a specialization, beginning with a brief review of calls for new research approaches that combine disciplines and interact more closely with policy and practice.It posits that the core el…
Women, work and musculoskeletal health
Framing Practice-Research Engagement for Democratizing Knowledge
Practice research engagement (PRE) is increasingly important for producing knowledge and innovations in practice for complex social problem-solving. We pose several questions: Why do PRE? What is required to organize effective PRE? And what is needed for PRE to contribute to democratizing knowledge? We present a framework to encourage researchers to think systematically about organizing PRE that focuses on: 1) frameworks, goals and interests, 2) …
Key issues in co-creation with stakeholders when research problems are complex
The extensive literature on research co-creation is mostly based on problems being treated as clearly defined and solvable. What is the impact on co-creation when problems are complex, with the following characteristics: difficult to delimit, contested definitions, multiple uncertainties and unresolvable unknowns, constraints on what can be done, and no perfect solution? Co-creation on such problems requires a research mindset that appreciates th…
Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future
Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD institutional leaders and specific case studies, this article distills key lessons learned from multiple pathways to building successful programs. The lessons reflect both the successes and failures our group has experienced, to suggest how to cultivate appropriate and effective leadership,…
Repetition Strain Injury in Australia: Medical Knowledge, Social Movement, and De Facto Partisanship
One of the most vehement debates over medical knowledge in Australia in the 1980s concerned “repetition strain injury” or RSI. This paper analyzes the Australian RSI experience using two contrasting approaches: the sociology of medical knowledge and social problems as social movements. Each approach tends to delegitimate the position that RSI is work-related and has an organic basis. A key factor leading to the de facto partisanship associated wi…
The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis
Harm Minimization in a Prohibition Context—australia
Australia ranks high internationally in the prevalence of cannabis and other illicit drug use, with the prevalence of all illicit drug use increasing since the 1970s. There are two distinctive features associated with harms from injecting drug use-high rates of death from heroin overdose and low rates of HIV infection. Australia has largely avoided a punitive and moralistic drug policy, developing instead harm minimization strategies and a robust…
Forging future organizational leaders for sustainability science
Negotiating boundaries, leadership, and integration and implementation sciences (I2S)
Ethanol effects on shock-induced fighting and muricide by rats
Ethanol (0.25-1 gm/kg body weight; IP) did not significantly alter shock-induced fighting, regardless of whether it was administered to both rats or to only one rat of the pair. Higher doses tended to decrease shock-induced fighting. Ethanol (0.25-2 gm/kg body weight; IP) also did not induce “nonkiller” rats to kill mice and only high doses (1.5 and 2 gm/kg body weight) decreased the incidence of muricide in “killer” rats. The depressant effects …
Feminism and science
Ruth Bleier (ed.), Feminist Approaches to Science (Pergamon Press, The Athene Series) New York, 1986
Right Idea, Wrong Time: The Wisenet Science Shop 1988-1990
A science shop is an agency for the promotion of socially relevant research. It links members of the general community with researchers in the natural, social and other sciences. Australia's first science shop, the Wisenet Science Shop, opened in Canberra in February 1988. This report is a summary of its operation and achievements. Comparisons are made with science shops in Europe, particularly the well-documented Amsterdam Science Shop. The Wise…
Repetition Strain Injury in Australia: Medical Knowledge, Social Movement, and De Facto Partisanship
One of the most vehement debates over medical knowledge in Australia in the 1980s concerned “repetition strain injury” or RSI. This paper analyzes the Australian RSI experience using two contrasting approaches: the sociology of medical knowledge and social problems as social movements. Each approach tends to delegitimate the position that RSI is work-related and has an organic basis. A key factor leading to the de facto partisanship associated wi…
Police opinions of a proposal for controlled availability of heroin in Australia
Police attitudes have rarely been studied as part of law‐ or policy‐making, particularly in drug policy. We examined why the majority of a sample of Canberra‐based police were opposed to a proposal for a trial of controlled availability of heroin. Many police had negative attitudes towards heroin users with a sense that a trial was ‘giving in’ to them and that funds should be spent on more ‘deserving’ groups. Policing against illegal drugs was no…
Multidisciplinary Policy Research—An Australian Experience
A brief overview is provided of a project which examined the feasibility of conducting a trial of heroin prescription for dependent heroin users. The processes used in the feasibility study brought together multiple disciplines and interest groups and some detailed examples of how this worked are presented. The paper concludes by drawing out some general strands relating to the strengths of multidisciplinary research generally, guidelines for how…
Harm Minimization in a Prohibition Context—australia
Australia ranks high internationally in the prevalence of cannabis and other illicit drug use, with the prevalence of all illicit drug use increasing since the 1970s. There are two distinctive features associated with harms from injecting drug use-high rates of death from heroin overdose and low rates of HIV infection. Australia has largely avoided a punitive and moralistic drug policy, developing instead harm minimization strategies and a robust…
Framing Practice-Research Engagement for Democratizing Knowledge
Practice research engagement (PRE) is increasingly important for producing knowledge and innovations in practice for complex social problem-solving. We pose several questions: Why do PRE? What is required to organize effective PRE? And what is needed for PRE to contribute to democratizing knowledge? We present a framework to encourage researchers to think systematically about organizing PRE that focuses on: 1) frameworks, goals and interests, 2) …
Women, work and musculoskeletal health
Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Social Experiences of Living with Hepatitis C
We recruited women in two Australian locations to complete a questionnaire on their health and social experiences of living with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Among 462 respondents 9% identified themselves as lesbian and 14% as bisexual. Bisexuals were more disadvantaged than lesbians or heterosexuals on income, work status, home ownership, and level of education. Lesbians and bisexuals were less likely to be referred for HCV treatment and were mo…
Integration and Implementation Sciences: Building a New Specialization
Developing a new specialization-Integration and Implementation Sciences-may be an effective way to draw together and significantly strengthen the theory and methods necessary to tackle complex societal issues and problems.This paper presents an argument for such a specialization, beginning with a brief review of calls for new research approaches that combine disciplines and interact more closely with policy and practice.It posits that the core el…
Maternal habits: Narratives of mothering, social position and drug use
Working in partnership: Skills transfer in developing a cross‐cultural research team
As part of a broader study on Indigenous illegal drug use, the authors undertook skills training to increase cross‐cultural mutual understanding of the often different approaches and methodologies between research and practice, as well as Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal understandings of these approaches. The study and the skills transfer training were part of a longerterm partnership between Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service and the Na…
Towards a Publication Culture in Transdisciplinary Research
Over the past few decades, many researchers have concluded that adequately addressing issues in the knowledge society requires a major transformation of research, away from disengaged disciplines toward socially engaged, transdisciplinary approaches. To date, knowledge exchange between transdisciplinarity researchers via academic publications has been modest. Developing a common strategy about which journals are appropriate for publishing differe…
Dealing with Uncertainties in Policing Serious Crime
Dealing.with.Uncertainties.in.Policing.Serious.Crime x witness or indeed victim.Forensic evidence may be open to a variety of (more or less expert) interpretations.Faced by uncertainty at every turn, the role of the professional investigator is to sift through this informational minefield to gather credible material for inclusion in the brief of evidence, which is then placed before the prosecutor for consideration.It is well-known that the 'fact…
SimAmph: An agent-based simulation model for exploring the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians
Are drug detection dogs and mass-media campaigns likely to be effective policy responses to psychostimulant use and related harm? Results from an agent-based simulation model
Companions to action research: Reaching beyond our networks to build alignments and a common repository of resources
The third edition of The SAGE Handbook of Action Research presents an updated version of the bestselling text, including new chapters covering emerging areas in healthcare, social work, education and international development, as well as an expanded ‘skills’ section which includes new consultant-relevant materials. Building on the strength of the previous landmark editions, Hilary Bradbury has carefully developed this edition to ensure it follows…
Change! Combining Analytic Approaches with Street Wisdom
Change happens all the time, so why is driving particular change generally so hard? Why are the outcomes often unpredictable? Are some types of change easier to achieve than others? Are some techniques for achieving change more effective than others? How can change that is already in train be stopped or deflected? Knowledge about change is fragmented and there is nowhere in the academic or practice worlds that provides comprehensive answers to th…
Change!: Combining Analytic Approaches with Street Wisdom
Change happens all the time, so why is driving particular change generally so hard? Why are the outcomes often unpredictable? Are some types of change easier to achieve than others? Are some techniques for achieving change more effective than others? How can change that is already in train be stopped or deflected?
Transdisciplinarity: Overcoming Fragmentation and Powerlessness
Toolkits for Transdisciplinarity
Toolkits for Transdisciplinarity
The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis
Negotiating boundaries, leadership, and integration and implementation sciences (I2S)
Sociology (29 works) · Computer Science (27 works) · Political science (20 works) · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (17 works) · Engineering (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Social science (12 works) · Transdisciplinarity (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Public relations (10 works)