Richard L. Wallace

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a conceptualization of interdisciplinarity in the interests of integration, which is needed to address the multiple perspectives, epistemologies, and fragmentation inherent in these problems.

TL;DR: This article examines the environmental program movement as a policy problem, looking at overall goals, mapping trends in relation to those goals, identifying the underlying factors contributing to trends, and projecting the future.

TL;DR: It is recommended that environmental programs re-organize around three principles: adopt as an overriding goal the concept of human dignity—defined as freedom and social justice in healthy, sustainable environments, which captures the human and environmental aspirations of the EPM.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at barriers to interdisciplinarity in academia, including the cultural, historical, and institutional context of disciplinary scholarship, and offer advice to those seeking professional interdisciplinary education, including finding the right program and advisor, developing skills, designing and completing the dissertation, and establishing a professional network.

TL;DR: The need for theory in environmental studies and sciences (ESS) has been recognized as a necessary step toward continued intellectual and pedagogical development and real-world relevance as discussed by the authors, and the need for theories are ideas that take us places not just idle speculation.