1. University of Illinois at Chicago’s Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence: Changing Systems to Prevent Violence in Chicago and Beyond.
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Schewe, Paul, Bell, Carl C., Bennett, Larry, Goldstein, Paul J., Gordon, Rebecca, Mattaini, Mark, O’Brien, Patricia, Riger, Stephanie, Risser, Heather J., Rosenbaum, Dennis P., Schuck, Amie M., Simmons, Barbara, and Ullman, Sarah E.
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VIOLENCE prevention ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,BUDGET ,COLLEGE teachers ,COMMUNICATION ,ENDOWMENT of research ,ENDOWMENTS ,EXCELLENCE ,INTERDISCIPLINARY education ,INTERDISCIPLINARY research ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,SCHOLARLY method ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,GRADUATE education ,VIOLENCE ,ORGANIZATIONAL structure ,FINANCIAL management ,RESEARCH personnel ,ORGANIZATIONAL goals - Abstract
This article describes an interdisciplinary center at the University of Illinois at Chicago focused on collaborative research on violence. Our center is unique in its emphasis on developing infrastructure and distinctive processes for overcoming obstacles to interdisciplinary research; the involvement of outside policy makers, advocates, and service providers in jointly discussing and developing research proposals; the breadth of commitments from leading violence researchers and administrators across five colleges; and the innovativeness of proposed research projects that support interdisciplinary activity and show promise for funding. The center has developed an infrastructure to address violence-related issues in both research and teaching. This article discusses the challenges of implementation and boundary spanning in a university context and makes recommendations for sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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