Features a collection of twenty-five interviews with practitioners
who are testing the boundaries between the sciences, arts and
humanities. Divided into three chapters: On Science, On Art, and On
Society, these interviews illustrate to the reader how models of
hybridity can nurture new forms of innovation across disciplines
and sectors. Fostering innovation in this way is not a simple
linear process, but, rather, a complex and multifarious one. It
requires the networking of different resources and talents, the
pooling of skills, the challenging of boundaries, and the
exploration of risk. In facing many of our 21st century problems,
new forms of convergence between disciplinary practices are now
seen as a necessity, and point to an understanding of innovation
that must include some form of hybridity if it is to prove
effective. Models of hybrid innovation that can draw on diverse
resources, and which can be implemented as a catalyst to trigger
innovation, are becoming increasingly common in a variety of
settings. A sense of urgency can be felt amongst many communities
to reach outside the four walls of their institutions and establish
- with all force - innovative platforms that can help tackle the
complex challenges and opportunities they encounter. Amongst the
many topics addressed in this book, for example, authors ask
whether neuroscience can uncover the laws of aesthetics, whether
citizen science will open scientific research to a larger community
of stakeholders, whether corporate responsibility and grass-roots
innovation can bring about a fairer society based on the sharing of
opportunities and resources, and whether new approaches to tourism
can help build inclusive and sustainable local economies. By
providing platforms for knowledge exchange and co-creation across
different disciplines, we will see the continued emergence of new
forms of understanding and insight. Taken together, we are seeing
the potential for hybrid models of innovation to usher in an era of
more sustainable and responsible governance, economics, research,
education and citizenship. Readers interested in innovation, and
the processes that drive it, will find in each themed chapter
unique insights from established, as well as upcoming, innovators.
Offering examples from their own fields of expertise, we hope these
interviews will act as a spark for future discussion, and inspire
others to explore the exciting possibilities that
cross-disciplinary collaboration can offer. We also hope that the
Korean-Swiss context from which the book stems may serve as a model
for nurturing cross-cultural exchange in this endeavour.
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