Multidisciplinary movement of science
Synopsis
The 21st century has represented a decisive stage in the evolution of scientific knowledge. In a world marked by accelerated transformations, global interconnections, and increasingly complex challenges, research is no longer an activity confined within the boundaries of a single discipline. Instead, we are witnessing a historic moment in which the movement, advancement, and conduct of scientific research are taking on an openly multidisciplinary, collaborative, and dynamic logic.
In this context, the social sciences, humanities, law, basic sciences, and engineering have begun to engage with each other like never before. Current problems—such as artificial intelligence, environmental justice, global health, sustainable development, and digital transformation—require approaches that integrate multiple fields of knowledge. Today, understanding a problem involves, for example, not only mastering the technical or scientific foundations but also interpreting its social, legal, ethical, and cultural implications.
This book offers a deep and critical look at how scientific research is developing in this new knowledge ecosystem. Analyzes emerging models of interdisciplinary collaboration, the mechanisms that drive the movement of ideas and methodologies between disparate fields, and new ways of producing and validating knowledge in times of complexity and uncertainty.
Through examples, case studies, and theoretical reflections, this work explores the current state of research in different areas of knowledge. From the foundations of basic sciences and technological innovation in engineering to legal debates over digital rights and cultural interpretations of climate change, the text highlights how the boundaries between disciplines have become porous and how this is reshaping the questions, methods, and answers that science can offer.
Thus, this introduction invites the reader to explore not only the achievements but also the ethical, political, and epistemological challenges posed by this transformation. Because understanding the movement of science today also implies reflecting on its direction, its purposes, and its limits. And because only from a comprehensive and critical perspective can we imagine new ways of doing science in the service of more just, sustainable, and conscious societies.
Chapters
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Public accounting in Industry 4.0: Adaptation, challenges, and opportunities in a transformative technological environment
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The role of higher education institutions and educational innovation in accounting education
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Bureaucratic barriers during a judicial process: A systematic review analysis
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Reflections on the intermediate stage of the Peruvian criminal process: Challenges and perspectives from a critical perspective
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Evaluation of the core components of Education 4.0
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Professional development, skills, and self-efficacy in early childhood education teachers: a systematic review of the literature
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DNA Testing and Parental Rights: Contemporary Challenges in Determining Parentage
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Digital Successions: Virtual Heritage and Inheritance in the Age of Digital Transformation
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Analysis of the influence of Article 122b of the Peruvian Penal Code on complaints of psychological abuse against women
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Public policies to combat gender violence in Peru: An analysis of their implementation and effectiveness
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Identification of medicinal plants and their applications in the Peruvian Amazon
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Uses of medicinal plants in non-communicable diseases: A systematic review of current evidence
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Influence of artificial intelligence on Peruvian occupational medicine: A systematic review analysis
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Reflections on Occupational Health in Remote Work: An Analysis of the Physical, Mental, and Organizational Impacts
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Sociodemographic and occupational factors related to good dispensing practices of pharmaceutical personnel
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Attitudinal factors, barriers and good dispensing practices of pharmaceutical staff
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Application of emerging technologies to promote community health: a systematic review
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Risk communication and community engagement strategies for preventing pneumonia in children
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Factors related to the participation of older adults in community-based health promotion activities
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Digital Health Promotion and Prevention: Strategies, Challenges, and Future Prospects
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Analysis of consumer protection legislation and relevant resolutions issued by the INDECOPI Specialized Chamber for Consumer Protection
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Study of the legal nature of the authority granted by the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP and the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property to banks
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Cultural identity and cognitive attitude of university students: An analysis based on engineering education in Apurímac
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Cultural identity and the emotional dimension of university students
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A narrative review of the assertive stakeholder management perspective in Peruvian universities
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Relationship between academic performance and age in university students
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Link between academic performance and age in university students
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Relationship between parents' educational level and university students' academic performance
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Public policies and development of tourism, hospitality, and commerce in Metropolitan Lima: Strategies for comprehensive growth
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Data Warehouse Design for Business Intelligence
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Business intelligence applications in the agricultural sector

