From STEM to STEAM? Exploring the connections between Arts and Sciences

Abstract

This study explores the interconnections between Arts and Sciences. It uses two different analytical approaches: first, it explores the Arts-Sciences connections by analysing the disciplinary assignment of journals in the WoS database; second, it investigates knowledge flows between Arts and Sciences at two levels of aggregation (scientific fields and disciplines) in 2000-2021. The results suggest a growing, albeit small trend towards Arts-Sciences interdisciplinarity and demonstrate that Art and Sciences increasingly rely on each other in the process of new knowledge creation. The analysis also reveals a number of specific reciprocal links between particular Arts and Sciences disciplines (e.g. between Music and Medical Sciences or Visual Arts and Engineering & Technology).

Authors 2

1. Kamila Lewandowska

   University of Warsaw

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG)

   Science Studies Laboratory

   University of Warsaw

2. Alfredo Yegros Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for Science and Technology Studies

   Leiden University