My research revolves around the phenomena of scientific integration and interdisciplinary, especially as it occurs and is pursued in the field of sustainability science. In my doctoral thesis

Books (1)

• Thorén, H. (2015). The Hammer and the Nail : Interdisciplinarity and Problem Solving in Sustainability Science. Dissertation.
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Articles (8)

• Thorén, H. (submitted). Replacement and Expansion in Scientific Imperialism. Social Epistemology. Routledge.
• Olsson, L., Jerneck, A., Thorén, H., Persson, J. & O Byrne, D. (2015). Why resilience is unappealing to social science : Theoretical and empirical investigations of the scientific use of resilience. Science Advances, 1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• Thorén, H. & Breian, L. (2015). Stepping stone or stumbling block? : Mode 2 knowledge production in sustainability science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier.
• Thorén, H. & Persson, J. (2015). Resilience: Some Philosophical Remarks on Defining Ostensively and Stipulatively. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 11, 64-74. Proquest.
• Hepburn, B. & Thorén, H. (2014). Integrating interdisciplinary problem solving through process. Historielärarnas Förenings Årsskrift. Historielärarnas förening.
• Thorén, H. (2014). Resilience as a Unifying Concept. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 28, 303-324. Taylor & Francis.
• Thorén, H. & Persson, J. (2013). The philosophy of interdisciplinarity: sustainability science and problem-feeding. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 44, 337-355. Springer.
• Malmgren, H., Radovic, S., Thorén, H. & Haglund, B. (2010). A philosophical view on concepts in psychiatry. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 33, 66-72. Elsevier.

Conference contributions (4)

• Thorén, H. (accepted/in press). History and philosophy of science as an interdisciplinary field of problem transfers.
• Thorén, H. & Persson, J. (2011). Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity: Problem‐Feeding, Conceptual Drift, and Methodological Migration.
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• Thorén, H. & Gerlee, P. (2010). Weak Emergence and Complexity. In Fellerman, H., Dörr, M., Hanczy, M., Ladegaard Laursen, L., Mauer, S., Merkle, D., Monnard, P.-A., Støy, K. & Rasmussen, S. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Alife XII Conference (pp. 879-886). MIT Press.
• Thorén, H. & Gerlee, P. (2010). Weak Emergence and Complexity. In Fellerman, H., Dörr, M., Hanczy, M., Ladegaard Laursen, L., Mauer, S., Merkle, D., Monnard, P.-A., Støy, K. & Rasmussen, S. (Eds.) (pp. 879-886). MIT Press.