Interesting also the second point you bring up on Sociology in Germany! I agree that collaborations between researchers who come with slightly different types of expertise could be super valuable.
Do you have any ideas how to promote it in practice though? As you say, various incentive structures are not really made for that. I also find that surprisingly often, researchers just really rather want to prove why “their” approach is better, rather than try to understand how another approach could help them better understand the world.
All this makes me feel slightly pessimistic^^ But I would be super glad to hear ideas on how to overcome these difficulties.
Interesting also the second point you bring up on Sociology in Germany! I agree that collaborations between researchers who come with slightly different types of expertise could be super valuable.
Do you have any ideas how to promote it in practice though? As you say, various incentive structures are not really made for that. I also find that surprisingly often, researchers just really rather want to prove why “their” approach is better, rather than try to understand how another approach could help them better understand the world.
All this makes me feel slightly pessimistic^^ But I would be super glad to hear ideas on how to overcome these difficulties.