News de td-net
Please submit your contributions by 16 March 2020, 12.00 CET.
Are you a lecturer or researcher, an expert in professional development, a manager of a higher education institution, an expert in quality assurance, a student or lifelong learner, or a civil society actor interested in transformative learning, quality assurance, and sustainable development?
Contribute to the HES2020 and meet members of different communities involved in transformation and quality assurance in higher education.
co-organizers: Copernicus Alliance, SAGUF, the Universities of Berne and Lausanne, and td-net.
Innovative co-produced open online course starts 30 March 2020
Together with seven universities and institutes of higher education, and the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries, td-net coordinated and co-produced the first massive open online course (MOOC) on transdisciplinary research.
The course presents transdisciplinary research as a living experience. With a basis on sound theoretical and methodological background, five outstanding projects illustrate promising different ways of dealing with complex societal challenges.
We are convinced, that students, researchers and practitioners from all backgrounds should have the opportunity to learn how to do research that helps to overcome societal challenges. Granting open access to this course provides a unique leverage point to increase access and extending reach equitably across the higher education landscape globally. Besides self-study and exchange with learners from all parts of the world, the course can be integrated in lectures, courses, and trainings. Take the opportunity, the course inscription is open now and free.
More information
A Sustainable Europe through Transdisciplinary Research
This briefing, which will be held on 5 February 2020 in Brussels, will present good practice examples for transdisciplinary undertakings from specific research projects in Switzerland and an OECD study with Swiss participation. It will complement these insights with the perspective of a major funding agency involved in sponsoring transdisciplinary research and the concrete steps taken by the European Commission implementing transdisciplinarity in Horizon Europe.
Further information
Einladung zu einer Fachtagung
Fachtagung "Transdisziplinarität als institutionelle Herausforderung für Universitäten"
24. März 2020, Technische Universität Berlin
Die Anmeldung steht ab sofort online zur Verfügung, mit der Möglichkeit, Erfahrungen auf einem Poster im Format "Marktplatz" darzustellen.
Die Tagung richtet sich an Personen, die sich über Erfahrungen mit der Institutionalisierung von TD in universitären Strukturen austauschen bzw. sich über entsprechende Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen informieren möchten. Herzlich willkommen sind ausserdem Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Fördermittelgebern oder Stiftungen bzw. von Bundes- oder Landesministerien, die entsprechende Initiativen von Universitäten unterstützen.
Intersections or reconfigurations?
Arts & Humanities integration in inter- and transdisciplinary research
Date: Thursday 14th May 2020: 12.00 to 19.00 and Friday 15th May 2020: 9.00 – 14.00
Venue: ETH Zürich, Polyterrasse, MM C 78.1, Zentrum Campus
td-net is involved in the project since the beginning.
We kindly invite people of the td-community to participate in the workshop. more information
Save the Date: Higher Education Summit 2020 (#HES2020)
31 August - 2 September 2020, Bern, Switzerland
How can we assure quality and transformative learning for sustainable development?
We invite lecturers and researchers at higher education institutions, experts in professional development in higher education, managers of higher education institutions, experts in quality assurance, student activists, and civil society actors to save the date for a thought-provoking international event in Bern, Switzerland, from 31 August – 2 September 2020. The event is co-organised by the COPERNICUS Alliance, saguf, the University of Bern, the University of Lausanne and td-net.
The first day will feature the joint td-net and TA-Swiss annual ITD-CH conference, as well as other parallel meetings of the various networks that will be convening; in the evening there will be a boundary-crossing opening event for all. The second and third days will consist of a jointly developed programme. Read more about the conference.
Gründung der Jungen Akademie Schweiz
Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz gründen die Junge Akademie Schweiz und schliessen sich einem weltweit erfolgreichen Netzwerk an. Nachwuchsforschende erhalten die Möglichkeit, inter- und transdisziplinäre Projekte umzusetzen. Der Call für die ersten Mitglieder startet Mitte Dezember 2019 und dauert bis Ende Januar 2020.
Das td-net wirkt im Beirat der Jungen Akademie mit.
Reichhaltige Methodensammlungen auf Deutsch
Die td-net Toolbox verlinkt neu auf die “td Academy” und die online verfügbaren Bücher “Transdisziplinär und transformativ forschen”. Die Werke beschreiben nicht nur Methoden, sondern ganze TD Forschungsprozesse, betten die Methoden darin ein und verknüpfen diese mit weiteren handlungsrelevanten Informationen. Die td Academy informiert u.a. über Anforderungen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten zur Wirkungssteigerung; basierend auf der Analyse von 16 wirkungsvollen TD Projekten. Die Bücher «transdisziplinar und transformativ forschen» gehen auf Kriterien, Prinzipien, Leitfragen und Heuristiken ein, welche die Perspektiven und das Handeln der involvierten Akteure zu verstehen helfen.
New collections of td-related resources
The ITD conference made it evident: the number of collections of td-related resources (tools, methods, guidelines, principles, annotated bibliographies) is constantly growing. The td-net toolbox features two of them: the “td Academy” and the two open access books “Transdisziplinär und transformativ forschen”. They serve the German-speaking community with contextualized method descriptions. We wonder: which other language-specific method-expertise are we missing out? Please send us your favourite collections of td-related resources in French, Spanish and German td-methods@scnat.ch!
Das td-net blickt stolz zurück und sagt «danke»: Die ITD19 in Göteborg
In der 2. Septemberwoche fand an der Universität Göteborg die Internationale Transdisziplinaritäts-Konferenz ITD 2019 statt. Mehr als 250 Personen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis diskutierten Erfahrungen, Ansätze, Erfolge und Herausforderungen transdisziplinärer Forschung, die sich den komplexen gesellschaftlichen Problemen annimmt.
Das td-net bedankt sich herzlich bei den Mitorganisatorinnen und ihren Teams, den Mitgliedern der strategischen und wissenschafzlichen Gremien, und allen Beitragenden und TeilnehmerInnen, welche zum Erfolg der Konferenz beitrugen. Lesen Sie mehr!
Die globale Vernetzung: ITD-Alliance
An der ITD2019 in Göteborg vernetzen sich die transdisziplinär Arbeitenden zu einer internationalen ITD-Alliance – Netzwerke und Institutionen, aber auch individuelle Mitglieder sollen hier eine Heimat finden. Damit werden inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschungsansätze besser sichtbar und internationale Arbeitsgruppen können sich der Herausforderungen annehmen. Das td-net der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz führt das Sekretariat der Allianz. Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der Website der ITD-Alliance, die sich im Aufbau befindet. Werden Sie Mitglied und machen Sie auf dieses Vernetzungsangebot aufmerksam!
www.itd-alliance.org
td-net says again goodbye and hello!
This time, we say goodbye to Lydia Moreno. Lydia has been the heart of all communication from td-net. She had the opportunity to concentrate on her work at the > Daylight Academy, where the skills she acquired in td-net hopefully will bear fruit. We thank Lydia for her good work and fantastic support and are looking forward to enlightening cooperation in the future.
On the other hand we are happy to welcome Ursula Schöni in our team. She plays an integral role in several forums of the Platform Science and Policy, as she works for td-net as well as for Swiss Biodiversity Forum and the Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks. With her journalistic background she will take over everything related to communication like td-Info and Website. Ursula will support the office wherever a hand is needed. Due to this change, summer issues may be shorter in this summer season.
td-net team
International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019 - Registration now open
The registration for the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019 is now open! Do not miss the early bird fees valid until June 30.
The conference is co-organised by td-net, Mistra Urban Futures and the University of Gothenburg and will take place in Gothenburg from 10 to 13 September 2019. The aim of this conference, Joining Forces for Change, is to bring together actors from different professional mandates, disciplines and sectors to engage and discuss on what we can learn from our collaborative experiences, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation, methodological innovations and theoretical development.
More information on: www.transdisciplinarity.ch/itd2019
td-net says goodbye and hello!
This month, we say goodbye to our long-time colleague Gabriela Wülser. Gabriela has been responsible for transdisciplinary competencies and methods for knowledge co-production in heterogeneous teams. She substantially contributed to building up our online toolbox. She now moved to the Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT to establish a new initiative on sustainability research. She is happy to have td-net on board as one of the new initiative's key collaboration partners. Gabriela holds a doctorate in philosophy of science and empirical science studies - on sustainability research - from ETH Zurich. We thank her very much for her good work and support, and look forward to further collaboration!
At the same time, we are happy to introduce Sibylle Studer, who has already taken over the lead of the project "Methods and tools for co-producing knowledge" from Gabriela. Sibylle studied Social Anthropology, Management&Economics and International Relations at the University of Zurich with field visits in Togo and Bolivia. After having completed her PhD in nonprofit management, she was involved in policy research for the Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society and Transition (SCCER CREST) and worked in interdisciplinary teams at Interface Policy studies Research Consulting. She is conversant with different stakeholder- and disciplinary perspectives on methods and scientific standards and looks forward to supporting the research community in its attempt to make research more societally relevant. Welcome to the team!
Methods and tools for co-producing knowledge
td-net team
International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
The conference is co-organised by td-net, Mistra Urban Futures and the University of Gothenburg and will take place in Gothenburg from 10 to 13 September 2019. The aim of this conference, Joining Forces for Change, is to bring together actors from different professional mandates, disciplines and sectors to engage and discuss on what we can learn from our collaborative experiences, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation, methodological innovations and theoretical development. Our call for contributions was very successful, since we have received very diverse and high quality abstracts! Our selection will be communicated soon. Registration will also be available in the next few weeks on www.transdisciplinarity.ch/itd2019.
The td-net toolbox gets a new look
A new visual universe brings colour to the td-net toolbox! Especially developped for the portal, the vibrant illustrations reflect the diversity, the dynamism but also the complexity inherent in transdisciplinary collaborations. The recently updated online portal offers a point of entry to more widespread methods and tools that support collaboration between experts and stakeholders from science and practice to tackle societal challenges.
Have a look at the newly illustrated tools
Contribute with experiences and suggestions
Sustainable University Day 2019: tropical vibe and lively exchanges!
Organised in collaboration with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the Sustainable University Day 2019 brought together more than 150 students, university leaders, policy makers, non-profit actors and other higher education representatives to discuss how universities are responding to the challenges posed by sustainable development and which concrete measures should be taken. In the morning, captivating presentations offered fantastic inputs to stimulate discussion. The rest of the day was devoted to the interactions between the participants. World Café sessions, guided tours, a networking-lounge, a poster exhibition and finally a participative panel discussion gave great opportunities for exchange and mutual learning. A rich program which kept all its promises!
Pictures will be available soon on the event website
Contribute to the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
Joining Forces for Change! In line with the motto of the conference, which will take place in Gothenburg from 10 to 13 September 2019, we are inviting contributions from practitioners and researchers who are working in different types of collaborative research and change processes, to gauge the state of the art in both research and practice from across sectors and disciplines. Contributions can be made in the form of session, presentation, poster, installation, workshop, network event or open stage. Submissions from practitioners and from transdisciplinary teams are particularly welcome.
See the call for contributions
Submit your abstract until 24 March 2019
New in the td-net Toolbox: Theory of change
A theory of change (ToC) is a model of a change process. It provides a description and explanation of how and why an activity or a set of activities (such as a project or program) is expected to lead or contribute to a process of change. A ToC is not a single theory but a set of theories that describes and explains the multiple steps in a change process. The approach recognizes that socio-ecological systems are complex, and that causal processes are often non-linear with multiple interactions and feedback loops. The method has been provided by Rachel Claus & Brian Belcher.
More information
Methods matter! Explore the newly structured td-net toolbox
td-net starts building up an online portal that offers a point of entry to more widespread methods and tools that support collaboration between experts and stakeholders from science and practice to tackle societal challenges. Searchable by typical process phases and key issues, it will indicate methods offered both in the td-net toolbox and various other online collections.
Check out the new portal of methods and tools for co-producing knowledge
Participate in exploring more broadly which tasks can be supported by which tools
Send your feedback to td-methods@scnat.ch
Joining Forces For Change! – Call for the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
The conference is co-organised by td-net, Mistra Urban Futures and the University of Gothenburg and will take place in Gothenburg from 10 to 13 September 2019. The aim of this conference, Joining Forces for Change, is to bring together actors from different professional mandates, disciplines and sectors to engage and discuss on what we can learn from our collaborative experiences, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation, methodological innovations and theoretical development. Therefore we want to bring together the growing body of individuals, groups and organisations who are working in different types of collaborative research and change processes, to gauge the state of the art in both research and practice from across sectors and disciplines, and to create an international forum where diverse groups can exchange experiences and learn from each other.
Practitioners and researchers are invited to propose contributions: www.transdisciplinarity.ch/itd2019.
Sustainable University Day 2019 – Registrations are open!
The Sustainable University Day is the annual meeting of the funding program U Change, which supports student projects and student project incubators for sustainable development. Every year, the Conference brings together students, university leaders, policy makers, non-profit actors and other higher education representatives to discuss how universities are responding to the challenges posed by sustainable development and which concrete measures should be taken. The Sustainable University Day 2019 will be organised on 29 March in Wädenswil in collaboration with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
See the program (in German and French)
Register
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018
With a focus on digitalisation, the Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018 brought together nearly one hundred people with different backgrounds and from various regions of Switzerland. Three captivating keynote speeches, twenty creative posters and three lively workshops offered fantastic inputs and a space for discussion about what digitalisation means for co-productive modes of research and teaching. Many impressions and comments were shared on Twitter. Have a look at #SwissITD. Thank you to everyone for joining the Swiss ITD 2018! We already look forward to meeting you again at the next edition!
Presentations and posters are available on www.transdisciplinarity.ch/itd2018.
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018 enriched by more than 20 posters!
More than 20 posters reflecting experiences at the interface between transdisciplinarity and digitalisation will be displayed during the Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018 on 15 November at the EPFL in Lausanne. Many of them will be presented during the parallel sessions of speed talks.
Do you want to explore with us these experiences and discuss visions how digitalisation can be devised for inter- and transdisciplinary research and education?
Have a look at the updated programme and register by 8 November 2018 at the latest.
Training workshop on transdisciplinary research with LIRA 2030
This year’s LIRA 2030 training workshop on transdisciplinary research took place in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire with 32 early career researchers from 14 African countries. The training had a focus on enabling participants to design and conduct their own research project. Short inputs on theory, methodology and methods of transdisciplinary research as baseline and videos and presentations of existing TD projects as illustrations were introduced as fundament for a series of interactive exercises on important steps along the transdisciplinary research process, conducted in various settings, such as reflections and work on the own project, group tasks, plenary discussions and role play. Some of the exercises were based on td-net’s toolbox for co-producing knowledge, e.g. actor constellation and three types of knowledge exercises. Td-net was engaged in this training workshop for the third consecutive year and also contributes to the ongoing development of training and coaching activities within the LIRA 2030 programme.
Read more
See also: LIRA 2030 call for scientific and non-academic reviewers
Our Tour d'Horizon of Literature 2017 is now available!
Every year, td-net invites experts in the field to list recent key publications in the area of inter- and transdisciplinarity. The new Tour d'Horizon presents literature published in 2017 with short annotations written by the experts that recommended the publications. We would like to thank the contributors for their inputs and already look forward to renewing the experience next year.
All “Tour d’Horizon of Literature” issues can be found here.
Tour d'Horizon of Literature 2017
Sustainable University Day 2019: save the date!
The Sustainable University Day is the annual meeting of the funding program U Change, which supports student projects and student project incubators for sustainable development. Every year, the Conference brings together students, university leaders, policy makers, non-profit actors and other higher education representatives to discuss how universities are responding to the challenges posed by sustainable development and which concrete measures should be taken. The Sustainable University Day 2019 will be organised on 29 March in Wädenswil in collaboration with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Save the date!
More information will be available soon
See what happened during the Sustainable University Day 2018
Publication on sustainable consumption and transformative teaching
We are pleased to share with you the publication of A sustainable consumption teaching review: From building competencies to transformative learning. The article written by Marlyne Sahakian and Gill Seyfang addresses transdisciplinary and transformative teaching applied to the field of sustainable consumption and has emerged from a project supported by our former Sustainable Development at Universities Programme.
Link to the article
Publications addressing transdisciplinarity are steadily increasing
Every year, td-net observes the publication activities in the field of inter- and transdisciplinarity. With "transdisciplinar*" and "interdisciplinar*" as search words, we perform a topic search (within: title, abstract, author keywords, Keywords Plus®) in the Web of Science database and present the numbers of publications chronologically in charts. In the recent years, the number of publications show an upward trend. Have a look at our publication radar to see the second chart, displaying the results for „interdisciplinarity“.
NEW in the td-net Toolbox: Outcome Spaces Framework
The outcome spaces framework provides a structure to reflect on, and classify participants’ preferred outcomes in a transdisciplinary project in a differentiated way. Three key realms of transdisciplinary outcome spaces are distinguished – situation, knowledge and learning – elaborated as (1) an improvement within the situation or field of inquiry, (2) the generation of relevant stocks and flows of knowledge, including scholarly knowledge and other societal knowledge forms (3) mutual and transformational learning by researchers and research participants to increase the likelihood of persistent change. The method has been provided by Cynthia Mitchell & Dena Fam.
Read more
Le Sustainable University Day comme levier pour plus de développement durable dans les hautes écoles
Ce jeudi 22 mars, la Haute Ecole pédagogique de Fribourg a accueilli près de 150 personnes à l'occasion du Sustainable University Day 2018. Des idées de projet visant à renforcer la thématique du développement durable dans les hautes écoles et à encourager l’engagement étudiant ont été façonnées et discutées. Les participant-e-s venant de domaines différents, étudiant-e-s ou politicien-ne-s, ONG ou rectorats ont tous travaillé intensivement à renforcer les initiatives en faveur du développement durable au sein des hautes écoles.
Accéder au site de l'événement
Td-net Toolbx Series
USYS tdLab and td-net are jointly initiating the „td-net toolbox series“, which will consist of sporadic meetings and events in relation with the td-net toolbox for co-producing knowledge.
More information
Science at Noon mit Gabriele Bammer
Am Mittwoch Mittag, 14.3 - besucht uns Prof. Gabriele Bammer vom Centre for Epidemiology an Population Health der Australian National University. Als Gast vom td-net wird Sie uns die neue Disziplin «Integration and Implementation Sciences (I2S)» vorstellen. Dieser neue Ansatz zeigt neue Wege auf, wie man systematisch Konzepte und Methoden aus den Bereichen Systems Thinking, Inter- und Transdisziplinarität, Implementation Science, Team Science, Complexity Science u.a kombinieren kann, um komplexe Probleme wirksamer bearbeiten zu können.
Mehr über Science at Noon
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018
The next edition of the Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day has been fixed! It will take place on 15 November 2018 at the EPFL in Lausanne and will explore the relationship between digital world and inter- and transdisciplinarity. SAVE THE DATE!
Sustainable University Day 2018
Quelles sont les compétences nécessaires à un engagement étudiant ? Comment transmettre ces compétences ? Quel rôle ces dernières peuvent-elles ensuite jouer dans la vie professionnelle ? Ces problématiques seront au cœur du « Sustainable University Day 2018 » du programme « U Change ». La rencontre aura lieu aura lieu le 22 mars 2018 à la Haute Ecole pédagogique de Fribourg.
Programme
Télécharger le flyer