---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Inter- and transdisciplinary research are new demands in Higher Education.
    Aiming to enhance the social relevance, usability and sustainability of technological
    products and solutions, society and public institutions such as research funding
    organizations increasingly expect engineers to include inter- and transdisciplinary
    approaches into the development of new technologies. Engineering research and
    education, however, are particularly challenging areas to realize inter- and transdisciplinary
    collaborations, for manifold reasons.\r\nThis contribution presents methods and
    results of an inter- and transdisciplinary research and education strategy designed
    to meet the particular requirements of engineers and engineering students. It
    starts with a brief discussion of typical challenges regarding inter- and transdisciplinary
    approaches in engineering (research topics, research culture, skills, time, and
    barriers of lay people to involve in technology development). Secondly, it presents
    the methods developed to overcome those challenges within the context of the NRW
    Fortschrittskolleg \"Light - Efficient - Mobile\" (FK LEM). Founded in 2014, the
    FK LEM is a PhD programm focuses on lightweight construction, but with a special
    emphasis on how lightweight technologies are connected to different areas of society,
    to societal actors and technology users, and to the needs of a diversity of social
    groups. In order to explore these connections, we organized three workshops to
    bring public service, civil society, industry, practitioners and engineers together
    to discuss the perceived needs in those areas, and the potential of lightweight
    solutions. Topically, the workshops were dedicated to the fields of Rescue & Security
    Services; Care, Mobility & Assisted Living; and Sustainable Ressources & Climate
    Protection. Methodologically, we applied a pragmatic but valid approach to focus
    groups and discourse analysis. Results of the workshops in terms of directions
    for future research, epistemological and ethical dimensions of lightweight engineering
    are presented in the third part of our contribution. Finally, we discuss how our
    method and experience can be transferred into other engineering and educational
    contexts. With other words, how empowering students, engineers and the public
    to involve in inter- and transdisciplinary engineering processes can be achieved,
    and how this empowerment supports the development of innovative technologies as
    well as engineers’ skills to design technology in line with societies’ needs and
    challenges."
author:
- first_name: Ilona
  full_name: Horwath, Ilona
  last_name: Horwath
- first_name: Silvia
  full_name: Dohmeier-Fischer, Silvia
  last_name: Dohmeier-Fischer
- first_name: Nathalie
  full_name: Weiß-Borkowski, Nathalie
  last_name: Weiß-Borkowski
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Tröster, Thomas
  last_name: Tröster
citation:
  ama: 'Horwath I, Dohmeier-Fischer S, Weiß-Borkowski N, Tröster T. FROM EMPOWERMENT
    TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS IN LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING.
    In: <i>INTED2018 Proceedings</i>. ; 2018. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>'
  apa: 'Horwath, I., Dohmeier-Fischer, S., Weiß-Borkowski, N., &#38; Tröster, T. (2018).
    FROM EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS
    IN LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING. <i>INTED2018 Proceedings</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Horwath_Dohmeier-Fischer_Weiß-Borkowski_Tröster_2018, title={FROM
    EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS IN LIGHTWEIGHT
    ENGINEERING}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>},
    booktitle={INTED2018 Proceedings}, author={Horwath, Ilona and Dohmeier-Fischer,
    Silvia and Weiß-Borkowski, Nathalie and Tröster, Thomas}, year={2018} }'
  chicago: 'Horwath, Ilona, Silvia Dohmeier-Fischer, Nathalie Weiß-Borkowski, and
    Thomas Tröster. “FROM EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY
    RESEARCH METHODS IN LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING.” In <i>INTED2018 Proceedings</i>,
    2018. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>.'
  ieee: 'I. Horwath, S. Dohmeier-Fischer, N. Weiß-Borkowski, and T. Tröster, “FROM
    EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS IN LIGHTWEIGHT
    ENGINEERING,” 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>.'
  mla: 'Horwath, Ilona, et al. “FROM EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY
    RESEARCH METHODS IN LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING.” <i>INTED2018 Proceedings</i>, 2018,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1651">10.21125/inted.2018.1651</a>.'
  short: 'I. Horwath, S. Dohmeier-Fischer, N. Weiß-Borkowski, T. Tröster, in: INTED2018
    Proceedings, 2018.'
date_created: 2021-09-14T21:30:25Z
date_updated: 2022-04-21T18:18:23Z
ddc:
- '620'
department:
- _id: '603'
doi: 10.21125/inted.2018.1651
file:
- access_level: closed
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: innem
  date_created: 2021-09-14T21:31:21Z
  date_updated: 2021-09-14T21:31:21Z
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file_date_updated: 2021-09-14T21:31:21Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- Lightweight Design
- Interdisciplinarity
- Transdisciplinarity
- Higher Education
- Research Methods
language:
- iso: eng
publication: INTED2018 Proceedings
publication_status: published
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'FROM EMPOWERMENT TO INNOVATION: INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODS
  IN LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING'
type: conference
user_id: '83744'
year: '2018'
...
---
_id: '5618'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Literature reviews play an important role in the development of knowledge.
    Yet, we observe a lack of theoretical underpinning of and epistemological insights
    into how literature reviews can contribute to knowledge creation and have actually
    contributed in the IS discipline. To address these theoretical and empirical research
    gaps, we suggest a novel epistemological model of literature reviews. This model
    allows us to align different contributions of literature reviews with their underlying
    knowledge conversions - thereby building a bridge between the previously largely
    unconnected fields of literature reviews and epistemology. We evaluate the appropriateness
    of the model by conducting an empirical analysis of 173 IS literature reviews
    which were published in 39 pertinent IS journals between 2000 and 2014. Based
    on this analysis, we derive an epistemological taxonomy of IS literature reviews,
    which complements previously suggested typologies.
author:
- first_name: Guido
  full_name: Schryen, Guido
  id: '72850'
  last_name: Schryen
- first_name: Gerit
  full_name: Wagner, Gerit
  last_name: Wagner
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Benlian, Alexander
  last_name: Benlian
citation:
  ama: 'Schryen G, Wagner G, Benlian A. Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews:
    An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature. In:
    <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>. ; 2015.'
  apa: 'Schryen, G., Wagner, G., &#38; Benlian, A. (2015). Theory of Knowledge for
    Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature. In <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>.'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Schryen_Wagner_Benlian_2015, title={Theory of Knowledge
    for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature}, booktitle={International Conference on Information Systems
    (ICIS)}, author={Schryen, Guido and Wagner, Gerit and Benlian, Alexander}, year={2015}
    }'
  chicago: 'Schryen, Guido, Gerit Wagner, and Alexander Benlian. “Theory of Knowledge
    for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature.” In <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>,
    2015.'
  ieee: 'G. Schryen, G. Wagner, and A. Benlian, “Theory of Knowledge for Literature
    Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature,”
    in <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>, 2015.'
  mla: 'Schryen, Guido, et al. “Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological
    Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature.” <i>International Conference
    on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>, 2015.'
  short: 'G. Schryen, G. Wagner, A. Benlian, in: International Conference on Information
    Systems (ICIS), 2015.'
date_created: 2018-11-14T14:01:13Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:02:10Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: '277'
extern: '1'
file:
- access_level: open_access
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: hsiemes
  date_created: 2018-12-07T11:44:48Z
  date_updated: 2018-12-13T15:09:22Z
  file_id: '6037'
  file_name: ICIS PROCEEDINGS PAPER - Literature Reviews.pdf
  file_size: 487102
  relation: main_file
file_date_updated: 2018-12-13T15:09:22Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- Literature review
- Research methods/methodology
- Theory of knowledge
language:
- iso: eng
oa: '1'
publication: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
status: public
title: 'Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy
  and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature'
type: conference
user_id: '61579'
year: '2015'
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