WEEK 2

TRANSDISCIPLINARITY - INTRODUCTION AND CLARIFICATION

Get acquainted with transdisciplinary research: How do you define it? What goals and principles are there? And when is it especially meaningful to make use of it? You’ll collect all the answers in the following activity.

2.1     TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, AN APPROACH DEVELOPED IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS (ARTICLE)

2.2     GOALS AND PRINCIPLES OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (VIDEO)

2.3     WHEN IS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH PROMISING? (ARTICLE)

Discover basic concepts used in transdisciplinary research which will help you reflect on the cases and examples during the course as well as on your own experience.

2.4    THREE TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE (VIDEO)

2.5    STRIVING FOR THE COMMON GOOD? (ARTICLE)

2.6     SOCIETALLY RELEVANT AND SCIENTIFICALLY VALID (ARTICLE)

Explore the five cases to gain interesting information on the context in which they are situated and the actors that are involved.

2.7     MAKING MIGRATION SAFER - CONTEXT HOME AND HOST COUNTRIES (ARTICLE)

2.8     MOBILE PASTORALISTS AND COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES (VIDEO)

2.9     TACKLING WATER SCARCITY - PART 2: ACTORS AND CONTEXT (VIDEO)

2.10    THE INTERNATIONAL REGIME COMPLEX ABOUT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (ARTICLE)

2.11     COPING WITH DECLINE: TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTS (ARTICLE)

Assess what you have learnt about the basics of transdisciplinarity. Identify the concepts with which you should be familiar at the end of Week 2.

2.12    BASICS OF TRANSDISCIPLINARITY (QUIZ)

2.13    WRAPPING UP (ARTICLE)

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