General theme Plurality of science for interdisciplinarity and policy making. Theoretical findings from analyses of sustainable development in agriculture. Editors: Françoise Burel, Bruno Tinel, Nicky Allsop, Catherine Laurent

In the first part of the book an analysis of the concept of discipline, and how it appeared shows that most of the time it is perceived as a black box masking its internal heterogeneity. In the second part, we show how the notion of “research programmes” (Lakatos) can be useful in opening the black boxes in the disciplines of economy and ecology. In the third part we use the notion of “scientific facts” (Fleck) to analyse the definition and use of a nomadic concept: biodiversity. In the last part, two chapters show the negative impact of neglecting plurality of science, and how use of research programmes and heterogeneity of scientific facts could help to design alternative practices. To conclude, we will show that disciplines have different levels of proof which renders the link with action still more complex

Introduction (Burel et al.) : 6 pages Part one: Delineating boundary between social and natural sciences (Kirsch) : 15 pages Beyond disciplines (C. Laurent) 15 pages Part two: Outlining research programmes in economics : a first step economics (Tinel, Légué): 12 pages Research programmes in ecology (Burel, Allsopp, Ricroch, Baudry): 12 pages Interdisciplinarity and revision of research programmes (Baudry et Laurent) : 15 pages Part three: Biodiversity concepts and policy (Ricroch et al.): 10 pages Building a multidisciplinary framework to analyse biodiversity conservation and agriculture in Atlantic rainforest (Guedes-Bruni et al.): 15 pages Kinds of knowledge and level of evidence (Laurent): 10 pages Part four: Disciplining biodiversity? The political ecology of academic enterprise in South African biodiversity conservation (Bram Buscher): 15 pages Interdisciplinarity in a sustainable development programme (Allsopp et al.): 15 pages Conclusion. Allsopp et al.: 6 pages

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ET2: Etats de l’art scientifiques : le mirage dangereux de l’exhaustivité. Introduction Tinel, Burel I. Les enseignements de la Cochrane Tinel &Légué II. Les états de l’art exemples et critique les bandes enherbées : leur rôle pour la biodiversité et leur place dans les exploitations agricoles en France. Burel, Baudry La méthode EBP pour Biosoc : premiers travaux et résultats. E.Bénicourt écologie au Bresil Réjan anthropologie au Brésil Maria Josée économie au Brésil Sergio III. Autres Les méta analyses Muriel Tichit Quelques éléments de réflexion sur l’utilisation des bases biblio pour délimiter un champ de littérature de type life science - Muriel Tichit février 2008