File Transdisciplinary research
In this file, researchers and lecturers as well as young academics can find information on methodological approaches and the ongoing discourse in the transdisciplinary community. Research funding institutions and representatives of civil society will also find information on the forms and processes of research partnerships. The contents are the responsibility of the Network for Transdisciplinary Research of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
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Immagine: td-netFachhochschulen haben das grosse Potenzial, soziale Innovationen und gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse durch transdisziplinäre Forschung anzustossen und zu begleiten. Die neue Publikation der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz beleuchtet Rahmenbedingungen und Handlungsfelder, damit diese Potenziale besser zum Tragen kommen.
Le programme d’encouragement «U Change» finance des projets étudiants de durabilité innovants et des plateformes soutenant de tels projets. Le dernier délai pour soumettre un projet est fin février 2021.
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La recherche environnementale sert de base à l’identification précoce et à l’analyse des problèmes environnementaux, et permet de formuler des solutions afin de préserver notre environnement et nos ressources. Elle est essentielle au développement fonctionnel de la politique de l’environnement et en garantit une mise en œuvre efficace.
At the workshop "Intersections or reconfigurations? Arts and Humanities integration in inter- and transdisciplinary research", 10 to 11 September 2020, co-organized by ETHZ TdLab and td-net, integration was discussed amongst researchers, artists, funders and policy adivsers.
Das Projekt «Nascent 2.0» untersucht seit Anfang 2020 den Beitrag der Solidarischen Landwirtschaft (SoLawi) zum Wandel des Agrar- und Ernährungssektors mittels eines transdisziplinären Ansatzes.
What is Transdisciplinary Research?
Il existe actuellement un grand nombre de définitions reconnues de l'interdisciplinarité et de la transdisciplinarité. Cette variété de définitions rend le sujet ambigu et difficile à comprendre. En outre, les frontières entre l'interdisciplinarité et la transdisciplinarité sont souvent floues, par exemple lorsque la recherche transdisciplinaire se caractérise par une plus forte intégration des stocks de connaissances que la recherche interdisciplinaire. Pour en savoir plus
Why Transdisciplinary Research?
In today's world, we face complex challenges. Science is increasingly requested to find approaches to help to overcome them. But what kind of knowledge and research can help to address such complex societal challenges? Transdisciplinary research is increasingly seen as a promising approach to achieve this goal, as it integrates different perspectives, including different academic disciplines and non-academic knowledge. It brings together scientists, decision-makers, and affected people to analyse the problems, develop what they envision as desirable futures, and work on strategies and actions supporting the necessary changes. More
What does TD Research Create?
In order to help to overcome societal challenges transdisciplinary research does not only create knowledge to understand a problem. It also generates knowledge that helps to overcome the problem. Therefore, it is important to produce three different kinds of knowledge: ‘Systems knowledge’ refers to analytical and descriptive knowledge about the actual state of the system. With ‘target knowledge’ we describe knowledge about desired future developments of the system. Finally, ‘transformation knowledge’ refers the knowledge about how we can move from the actual state to the more desirable state. More
Literature
In recent years, the number of published articles with a reference to inter- and transdisciplinarity in English-language journals has increased significantly. It has therefore become difficult to maintain an overview. Publication radar since 1970
The td-net of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences continuously draws attention to new publications in its newsletter td-Info. These publications can be looked up on the website for five years. Publications on transdisciplinary research 2015-2020
Reading recommendations from the community.
Annual "Tour d'Horizon of Literature" since 2005
Introductory literature
Recommended reading in inter- and transdisciplinarity: Introductory texts (td-net Delphi study 2013)
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