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Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018 – Registration now open!
Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in a Digital World
The Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018 will take place on 15 November 2018 at the EPFL in Lausanne. Do you want to explore with us experiences and visions how digitalisation can be devised for inter- and transdisciplinary research and education? Register now online on the event website! There you will also find a programme overview as well as the call for contributions, which is still open until 31 August 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.
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U Change: next call coming soon
The funding program U Change supports student projects and student project incubators for sustainable development. Under the last call for proposals, 9 promising projects have been approved for funding. The next call is in preparation. It will be published on 25 May 2018 and all information will be available (in german and french) on the programme website:
www.u-change.ch.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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U Change: le deuxième appel à projets est lancé!
Financer des projets étudiants en faveur du développement durable et des plateformes soutenant de tels projets est au coeur de U Change. Ce programme s’adresse aux écoles polytechniques fédérales, aux hautes écoles pédagogiques aux hautes écoles spécialisées ainsi qu’aux universités et vise à faciliter la réalisation de projets indépendants. Il complète l’éducation académique en permettant aux étudiant-e-s de développer et concrétiser leurs idées, leurs modèles d’entreprise et diverses activités menées en collaboration avec d'autres étudiant-e-s, l'industrie, les autorités ou des ONG.
Délai pour soumettre un projet: 28 février 2018
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Science at Noon mit td-net
Mit der Initiative Science at Noon lädt das Haus der Stiftungen Vetreterinnen und Mitarbeiter von wissenschaftlichen Organisationen ein, ihre Projekte am Mittagstisch zu präsentieren. Nächsten Dienstag, 7. November 2017, wird es über transdisziplinäre Forschung mit Jakob Zinsstag, Präsident des td-net, und Theres Paulsen, Geschäftsführerin des td-net, diskutiert.
Science at Noon findet jeweils von 12.15 bis 13.00 Uhr in der Cantina dell'Accademia (Haus der Stiftungen, Bern) statt und ist für alle Interessierten offen.
Aktuelles Programm
International Transdisciplinartiy Conference 2017
The International Transdisciplinarity Conference in 2017 is co-organised by Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany and the Network for Transdisciplinary Research of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. It is taking place on September 11-15, 2017 at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
The overall objective of the conference is to strengthen communities of transdisciplinary research and education, and to create visibility for theoretical, empirical and transformative advances/results.
Registration is now open, with early bird rates until 31 May 2017!
The International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2017 is about to begin!
This year's ITD Conference, starting next Monday, extends even further its boundaries through digital communication. In addition to the programme proposed in Lüneburg, four Co-conferences are beeing held in Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and New Zealand and will be virtually present at different moments of the Conference. Social media is also playing a role, since an exchange has already begun on Twitter with #ITD_2017. Furthemore, a live stream will make it possible to follow all plenary sessions online. We are looking forward to interacting with you in one form or another and have still last minute tickets availaible!
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Our Tour d'Horizon of Literature 2016 is now available!
In order to give an overview of key literature in the area of inter- and transdisciplinarity, td-net invites every year experts in the field to list recent key publications. In this document, we present new literature published in 2016 with short annotations written by the experts that recommended the publications.
We would like to thank the contributors for their inputs and are looking forward to another productive year for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
All “Tour d’Horizon of Literature” issues can be found here.
Tour d'Horizon of Literature 2016
Td-net publie son rapport annuel 2016
Le nouveau rapport annuel (publié en allemand) donne comme chaque année un aperçu des activités de td-net. Ce document détaillé permet d'en apprendre davantage sur les projets, les offres de mise en réseau et les thématiques qui ont marqué l'année 2016 du Réseau pour la recherche transdisciplinaire.
Lire le rapport annuel 2016
Survey on inter- and transdisciplinary scientific collaborations in Switzerland
With an online survey, we want to learn more about the community of scientists doing inter- and transdisciplinary research in Switzerland, about their challenges, and about their needs
in terms of support and services. Researchers and lecturers at Swiss academic institutions that are known to conduct inter- and/or transdisciplinary research and teaching will be contacted by email. The responses to this survey are of great value to us, as it will help us gain a clearer picture of the Swiss community of inter- and transdisciplinary researchers and educators. This will enable us to improve our services and efforts to facilitate and foster inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations. The survey is conducted by td-net, with support from scientists of the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern.
Doing transdisciplinary research: lessons from the frontline - report
On 29 November 2016, Future Earth Ireland, supported by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), organised a workshop on the topic: Doing Transdisciplinary Research: Lessons from the Front Line. The aim of the event was to provide an update on the activities of Future Earth and to provide an opportunity for an exchange of views on the challenges and opportunities when one is embarking on transdisciplinary research. Td-net was represented among the speakers.
The report from the workshop as well as an accompanying infografic are now availabe to download on the RIA website.
Programme Sustainable Development at Universities
Rapport final
Les universités suisses ont inscrit le thème du développement durable dans leurs priorités et le programme d’encouragement « Sustainable Development at Universities » a certainement joué un rôle à cet égard. Durant ces quatre dernières années, le programme de la Confédération, doté de quatre millions de francs, a soutenu 54 projets. Le rapport final, qui sera présenté vendredi à Bâle, à l’occasion du Sustainable University Day, dresse un bilan positif. Le programme suivant, dédié aux projets étudiants, a déjà publié son premier appel à projets.
Rapport (pdf)
Aperçu des projets soutenus
Nouveau programme « U Change »
Sustainable University Day 2017
Les inscriptions sont encore ouvertes jusqu'au 30 mars!
Venez débattre avec nous le 7 avril 2017 au sujet du rôle des hautes écoles dans la mise en œuvre de l’Agenda 2030. Ce sera également l'occasion de réfléchir à de nouveaux projets et de fêter ensemble la conclusion du programme « sd-universities » ainsi que le lancement du nouveau programme d'encouragement « U Change – Initiatives étudiantes vers un développement durable ».
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U Change, le nouveau programme d'encouragement
Le premier appel à projets est maintenant publié !
Délai de postulation: 31 juillet 2017
Financer des projets étudiants en faveur du développement durable et des plateformes soutenant de tels projets est au coeur du nouveau programme d’encouragement qui débute cette année.
Ce programme s’adresse aux écoles polytechniques fédérales, aux hautes écoles pédagogiques aux hautes écoles spécialisées ainsi qu’aux universités et vise à faciliter la réalisation de projets indépendants. Il complète l’éducation académique en permettant aux étudiant-e-s de développer et concrétiser leurs idées, leurs modèles d’entreprise et diverses activités menées en collaboration avec d'autres étudiant-e-s, l'industrie, les autorités ou des ONG.
Plus d'informations
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Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2016
HOW TO DEVELOP A SUCCESSFUL INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROPOSAL
Bringing together researchers' and funders' perspectives
Jointly organised by the University of Lucerne and td-net, the Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2016 attracted no less than 70 participants. Throughout the Conference, which took place at the University of Lucerne on 7 November 2016, researchers and representatives of funding agencies shared their experiences and described their approaches and challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary research projects, especially in their framing phase. Examples were presented from projects funded by the Sustainable Development at Universities Programme and from an open call.
The presentations used during the Conference are now available on the event page.
Transdisciplinary research workshop
February 1, 2017, University of Bern
Together with biology17, the annual Swiss conference on ecology, evolution, systematics and conservation, td-net organises a workshop which will present predominant definitions of transdisciplinarity, look at the conceptual challenges that come along with this approach to scientific research and introduce practical tools to tackle them.
To participate, please send a project description to davnah.payne@ips.unibe.ch until January 13, 2017.
For technical questions about your project or the workshop content, please contact gabriela.wuelser@scnat.ch.
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NEU ERSCHIENEN: Publikationen zum Td-Award 2015
Im Artikel der Zeitschrift GAIA werden die Gewinnerprojekte des td-award 2015 vorgestellt.
Exemplary Transdisciplinary Projects – swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2015
Zinsstag J, Perrig-Chiello P, Paulsen T, Truffer B 2016. . GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, V25, N3, pp 182-184.
Link zu den Artikeln
Eine Tour d'Horizon mit Literatur zu Transdisziplinarität aus dem Jahr 2015
Wir haben Expertinnen und Experten zu Inter- und Transdiziplinarität nach den wichtigsten Publikationen im Bereich inter - und transdisziplinärer Forschung, Lehre und Praxis des Jahres 2015 gefragt. Lesen Sie die kommentierten Vorschläge in der neuen Jahresliste «Tour d'Horizon 2015».
Tour d’Horizon of Literature 2015 (pdf)
Hier finden Sie alle Literaturlisten seit 2005
International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2017
> 11.-15. September 2017, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
Die 2017 International Transdisciplinarity Conference wird vom td-net in Zusammenarbeit mit der Leuphana Universiät Lüneburg organisiert.
Future Earth Webinar
Im Rahmen des Future Earth Webinars "Best practices on transdisciplinary and co-designed research" präsentierte td-net eine kurze Einführung in die transdisziplinäre Forschung.
Das Webinar und die Präsentation sind hier verfügbar (in Englisch)
Sustainable University Day 2016
Programmdetails nun online
Die dritte Jahrestagung des sd-universities Programms organisieren wir zusammen mit der Universität Lausanne. Sie findet am 21. April 2016 statt. Die Details zu den sechs parallelen Workshops sowie zum Tagesprogramm sind nun online verfügbar.
Mehr Informationen (in Englisch)
Eine Tour d'Horizon mit Literatur
zu Transdisziplinarität aus dem Jahr 2014
Wir haben Expertinnen und Experten zu Inter- und Transdiziplinarität nach den wichtigsten Publikationen im Bereich inter - und transdisziplinärer Forschung, Lehre und Praxis des Jahres 2014 gefragt. Lesen Sie die kommentierten Vorschläge in der neuen Jahresliste «Tour d'Horizon 2014».
Tour d’Horizon of Literature 2014 (pdf)
Hier finden Sie alle Literaturlisten seit 2005.
«swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2015»
Das Projekt ‹Green Density› der EPFL gewinnt den hoch dotierten Wissenschaftspreis von 50'000 Franken. Zudem werden zwei Nachwuchsforschende der Universität Genf bzw. der Eawag für ihre disziplinenübergreifenden Arbeiten mit je 10'000 Franken ausgezeichnet. Für sein beispielhaftes Engagement für Inter- und Transdisziplinarität in den Wissenschaften wird Prof. Marcel Tanner gewürdigt, ehemaliger Direktor des Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public Health-Instituts.
Preisverleihung
9. September um 11h45 in Basel, Congress Center Basel, Raum: «San Francisco»
Eingebettet in die «International Transdisciplinarity Conference».
Das Grusswort spricht Dr. Guy Morin, Regierungspräsident von Basel. (Veranstaltung auf Englisch)
Programm (pdf)
Pressemitteilung (deutsch | français | english)
weitere Informationen und Bilder
International Transdisciplinarity Conference – ITD 2015
Detailprogramm online
Programm und Informationen (in Englisch)