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Opportunities for systemism in learning and practicing IR

 

ABSTRACT

Systemism, a visual approach to mapping existing International Relations scholarship, aspires to distill complex and seemingly divergent research streams, across long-siloed areas of scholarship, into more digestible form. The goal of the systemist framework is to make the field’s vast sub-fields more accessible, in the hope of bridging the gap between approaches and research agendas, possibly promoting previously unconsidered collaborations. This essay considers the application of systemism to five studies, and identifies some possible strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) posed by the application of this approach. Ultimately, this review essay suggests that possibly the greatest opportunity that systemism offers to IR (and the more specialized study of Canadian foreign policy) may lie in making the field’s scholarship more accessible for practitioners and students.

RÉSUMÉ

Le systémisme, une approche visuelle de la cartographie de la recherche existante en relations internationales, aspire à distiller des flux de recherche complexes et apparemment divergents, dans des domaines de recherche longtemps silencieux, sous une forme plus digeste. L'objectif du cadre systémique est de rendre les vastes sous-domaines du domaine plus accessibles, dans l'espoir de combler les fossés entre les approches et les programmes de recherche, et possiblement, de promouvoir des collaborations qui n'avaient pas été envisagées auparavant. Cet essai examine l'application du systémisme à cinq études et identifie les forces, les faiblesses, les opportunités et les menaces (SWOT) que peut représenter l'application de cette approche. En fin de compte, cet essai suggère que la plus grande opportunité offerte par le systémisme aux RI (et à l'étude plus spécialisée de la politique étrangère canadienne) pourrait résider dans le fait de rendre la recherche dans ce domaine plus accessible aux praticiens et aux étudiants.

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Kari Roberts

Kari Roberts is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Dr. Roberts' research concerns Russian foreign policy toward the United States specifically and the West more broadly. She has also written about Russia's interests in the Arctic and how these affect relations with Canada and the USA.

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