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Das lässt sich sehen: 42 Gesuche sind auf die Ausschreibung des SAMW-Awards «Interprofessionalität» eingegangen, 29 konnten mit dem Award ausgezeichnet werden. Die Übergabe hat am 8. Dezember 2016 im Rahmen des Symposiums «Interprofessionalität im Gesund- heitswesen» stattgefunden. Prämiert wurden Best-Practice-Beispiele aus allen Landes- teilen und aus verschiedenen Organisationen der Versorgung, Bildung und Forschung.

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Integration and Implementation Insights (I2Insights) blog:
http://I2Insights.org

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s posts are:

• Problem framing and co-creation by Graeme Nicholas
• Key readings about interdisciplinarity/ Lecturas clave sobre interdisciplina by Bianca Vienni
• Improving health care services through Experience-based Co-design by Glenn Robert and Annette Boaz
• Six lessons about change that affect research impact by Gabriele Bammer
• A co-creation challenge: Aligning research and policy processes by Katrin Prager
• The ‘methods section’ in research publications on complex problems – Purpose by Gabriele Bammer
• Should I trust that model? by Val Snow
• From integration to interaction: A knowledge ecology framework by Zoë Sofoulis

I2S YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/i2sTalks

The two new playlists are on systems thinking and on research implementation and change.  The channel is linked to an expanding set of videos, making it easier to access video resources relevant to I2S.

The University of Bern developed a set of guidelines and tools designed for faculty staff in all disciplines who wish to incorporate and integrate the crosscutting theme of sustainable development in their university teaching.

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Integration and Implementation Insights (I2Insights) blog:
http://I2Insights.org

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s posts are:

• Creating a pragmatic complexity culture / La creación de una cultura pragmática de la complejidad by Cristina Zurbriggen
• Five principles for achieving impact by Mark Reed
• ICTAM: Bringing mental models to numerical models by Sondoss Elsawah
• A governance compass by Tom Gieseke
• Participatory processes and participatory modelling: The sustainable procedure framework by Beatrice Hedelin
• Harnessing analogies for creativity and problem solving by Christian Schunn
• Where are the stakeholders in implementation science by Allison Metz and Annette Boaz
• Integration, part 2: The "how" by Julie Thompson Klein

Integration and Implementation Insights (I2Insights) blog:
http://I2Insights.org.

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s posts are:

• Integration, part 1: The “what” by Julie Thompson Klein
• Making predictions under uncertainty by Joseph Guillaume
• Why are interdisciplinary research proposals less likely to be funded? (Reblog) by Gabriele Bammer
• Advice to graduate students on becoming “translational” by Alexis Erwin
• Two frameworks for scoping by Gabriele Bammer
• Social science identities in interdisciplinary research and education by Eric Toman
• A process model for teaching interdisciplinary research by Machiel Keestra

Internationale Forschungspartnerschaften können ihren Beitrag zur Bewältigung globaler Herausforderungen leisten. Die neue r4d-Broschüre zeigt wie.

​Die Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA) und der SNF finanzieren gemeinsam im Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d-Programm) Partnerschaften zwischen Forschenden in der Schweiz und Ländern in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika.

Die neue Broschüre stellt das r4d-Programm nun auf Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch und Spanisch vor.

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Integration and Implementation Insights (I2Insights) blog: http://I2Insights.org.

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s posts are:

Creativity in co-creation by Annette Boaz
In praise of multidisciplinarity by Gabriele Bammer
Is co-creation more than participation? by Katrin Prager
Training translational ecologists: moving from accidental to intentional by Mark Brunson
Art and participatory modelling by Hara Woltz and Eleanor Sterling
Ten communication tips for translational scientists by Sunshine Menezes
The interplay between knowledge and power / La interacción entre el conocimiento y el poder by Cristina Zurbriggen
From fountain to firehose by David Feldon
Co-creation without systems thinking can be dangerous by Gerald Midgley
What makes a translational ecologist? Part 3 Dispositional attributes by Translational Ecology Group

Scientists from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean area met at the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, at the start of a 4 year project addressing some of the most important social challenges faced by rural areas. The Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) project, supported with €5.5m from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme, aims to understand and enhance social innovation http://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/social-innovation-promote-rural-growth-across-europe-and-mediterranean

Professor Maria Nijnik, the coordinator, working at the James Hutton Institute’s Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, said that “Social innovation responds to demands that are traditionally not addressed by markets or existing institutions, and that the challenge for this international team is to advance knowledge and to promote implementation of social innovation in marginalised rural areas. Social innovation manifests itself in new social relationships and collaborations. It seeks to promote the development and uptake of new services and new fields of activity, such as social entrepreneurship and social enterprises that improve the quality of life of individuals and communities. Examples are community-owned renewable energy inititatives, and social enterprises which help disadvantaged groups gain access to work as well as to healthcare, and can include new institutional arrangements, while governance mechanisms based on new social networks advance social capital and can create new social innovations. The SIMRA team, led by the James Hutton Institute, will study what characterises successful social innovation, in areas as varied as north-west Europe and Scandanavia, the Mediterranean and North Africa region, Alpine, and Central and Eastern Europe. It will work with those initiating or benefiting from social innovations to learn about stakeholders/end-users motivations and experiences of support or barriers encountered.”

The team comprises members from 15 countries from across the European Union and the wider Mediterranean area, and associated international networks. A number of other countries, including from North Africa and East Europe, will be involved as contributors to case studies and SIMRA supporters coming from the South and South-Eastern European Mountain Network, FLEG II, the Carpathian Network S4C, and the UNEP, FAO, IUFRO, ECOFOR, Earth System Governance, and others, including the Ecosystem Services Community Scotland. The project consortium consists of 10 public bodies (8 universities and 2 research institutes), 8 not for profit organizations, 5 small and medium enterprises, NGOs and networks, and 3 international organisations.
Details of partners and other information about SIMRA are available at the European Union WWW site http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/200385_en.html.


You can find more about SIMRA through the following links:
WEBSITE: www.simra-h2020.eu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SIMRAeu/posts/923882071050196
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simra_eu/status/753903906443370496
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8546624/8546624-6159676893563015168

KFPE (Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries) has developed and launched a microsite and a youtube channel with the aim of raising and broadening public awareness about its work, particularly among a younger audience.
Both of these online resources provide brief explanations of the 11 principles and 7 Questions for building transboundary and intercultural research partnerships.

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Integration and Implementation Insights (I2Insights) blog:
http://I2Insights.org

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s essays are:

Co-production: it’s all about relationships by Kirsten Kainz
What makes a translational ecologist? Part 2 Skills by Translational Ecology Group
Tool users old and new: why we need models by Suzanne Pierce
What makes a translational ecologist? Part 1 Knowledge by Translational Ecology Group
Models as narratives by Alison Singer
What is translational ecology by Translational Ecology Group
Serious gaming: helping stakeholders address community problems by Nagesh Kolagani
Playing around with PARTICIPOLOGY by Alister Scott
Choosing a model: If all you have is a hammer... by Jen Badham
Eight institutional practices to support interdisciplinary research by Margaret Palmer, Jonathan Kramer, James Boyd, and David Hawthorne

Ein Dossier des oekom verlags zum Thema "Transformation der Wissenschaft" mit Artikeln aus den Zeitschriften politische ökologie, GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Ökologisches Wirtschaften und umwelt aktuell

Die Wissenschaft als Impulsgeberin für eine nachhaltige Transformation der Gesellschaft: Wie muss sie sich verändern, um ihrer Verantwortung für die Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden? Warum fürchtet sich die etablierte Wissenschaft vor der transformativen Wissenschaft? Was versetzt Bürgerinnen und Bürger in die Lage, die Transformation mitzugestalten? Ein Dossier mit aktuellen Artikeln aus den Zeitschriften des oekom verlags (zum Lesen bitte den jeweiligen Artikeltitel anklicken).

Link zum Dossier

PlastX – Kunststoffe als systemisches Risiko für sozial-ökologische Versorgungssysteme
Die Nachwuchsgruppe PlastX unter der Leitung des ISOE untersucht die gesellschaftliche Rolle von Plastik und damit verbundene Umweltauswirkungen. Das Team aus Sozial- und Naturwissenschaftlern erarbeitet hierbei, wie ein nachhaltigerer Umgang mit Plastik möglich ist.

Forschungsansatz
Die Nachwuchsgruppe verfolgt einen inter- und transdisziplinären Forschungsansatz. Hierfür wird die Problematik aus einer sozial-ökologischen Risikoperspektive betrachtet. Kennzeichnend für dieses komplexe Umweltproblem sind die vernetzten Risiken, die mit dem Material Plastik durch die Herstellung, Verwendung und Entsorgung einhergehen. Daran sind viele Akteure in unterschiedlichen Konstellationen beteiligt, die sowohl Risikoverursacher als auch -betroffene sein können. Darüber hinaus bestehen Unsicherheiten über die direkten und indirekten Umwelt- und Gesundheitsfolgen von Kunststoffen. Aufgrund dieser Charakteristika wird die Thematik konzeptionell als systemisches Risiko gefasst.

Übergreifendes Ziel des Projekts ist es,

• das theoretische Verständnis von systemischen Risiken in sozial-ökologischen Versorgungssystemen am Beispiel der Kunststoffe konzeptionell weiterzuentwickeln,
• integrative, praxisnahe Lösungsstrategien im Umgang mit systemischen Risiken von Kunststoffen anhand der Handlungsfelder Vermeidung, Alternativen und Management aufzuzeigen.

• Verpackungen und nachhaltiger Konsum (Vermeidung und Alternativen von Verpackungsmaterialien)
• Mikroplastik in Fließgewässern
• Plastikabfälle in internationalen Gewässern

As part of the Future Earth Webinar "Best practices on transdisciplinary and co-designed research", td-net gave a short introduction to transdisciplinary research.

The webinar as well as the presentation are available here

Link to the blog

We welcome comments on posts and new contributions. This month’s essays are:
Virtues and vices of real-world co-creation by Quassim Cassam
Integrating Disciplines / Integrando Disciplinas by Marcel Bursztyn, Gabriela Litre and Stéphanie Nasuti
Five Steps for Managing Diversity to Create Synergy by Doug Easterling
Facilitating multidisciplinary decision making by Bob Dick
Eight Strategies for Co-creation by Arnim Wiek
Six types of unknowns in interdisciplinary research by Gabriele Bammer
Can co-creation achieve better outcomes for people and communities? by Deborah Ghate ()
Knowledge synthesis and external representations by Deana Pennington

Join the discussion of Andrew Campbell’s blog post “Designing applied research for impact”
at https://i2insights.org/2016/04/26/research-for-impact/

You can also comment on other recent posts on the Integration and Implementation Insights blog at
http://I2Insights.org or write you own post.

Other recent topics are:

• Responding to stakeholders – lessons learnt by Klaus Hubacek and Christina Prell
• Modeling as empowerment by Laura Schmitt Olabisi
• Transdisciplinarity: Learning together to teach together by BinBin Pearce, Carolina Adler and Christian Pohl
• Should water scientists be advocates? by Patricia Gober
• Looking over the horizon for team effectiveness by Stephen M. Fiore
• La modélisation participative, un lieu privilégié pour l’interdisciplinarité? / Participatory modeling: an ideal place for interdisciplinarity? by Pierre Bommel
• Should researchers be honest brokers or advocates? by John Callewaert
• Towards an evaluation framework for participatory modeling by Miles McNall

Der Graduate Campus der Universität Zürich und die Stiftung Mercator gratulieren den Preisträgerinnen und dem Preisträger der Mercator Awards 2016:

Sarah Genner für ihre Arbeit „ON/OFF – Risks and rewards of the anytime-anywhere Internet“
Dr. Uli Herrmann für seine Arbeit „Prion infections and anti-PrP antibodies trigger converging neurotoxic pathways“
Dr. Gabriela Medici für ihre Arbeit „Migrantinnen als Pflegehilfen in Schweizer Privathaushalten – menschenrechtliche Vorgaben und staatliche Handlungspflichten“

Mit den Mercator Awards für Nachwuchsforschende werden Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler ausgezeichnet, die mit inter- bzw. transdisziplinären Ansätzen oder Methoden an Projekten von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz forschen. Die Preisverleihung findet am 6. Oktober 2016 im Rahmen der Jahresveranstaltung des Graduate Campus statt.

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Join the discussion of Serena Hamilton and Tony Jakeman’s blog post “Ten dimensions of integration: guidelines for modellers”

At http://i2insights.org/2016/03/08/ten-dimensions-of-integration/.

You can also comment on other recent posts on the Integration and Implementation Insights blog at http://I2Insights.org or write you own post.

Other recent topics are:

1. Research impact: six kinds of change
2. Moving from models that synthesize to models that innovate
3. The knowledge practice paradox
4. Facilitating participatory modeling
5. Working together for better outcomes: lessons for funders, researchers, and researcher partners
6. Modeling as social practice
7. Why participatory models need to include cultural models

Was die Geisteswissenschaften leisten
Eine neue Website fasst zusammen, was die Geisteswissenschaften zur Wertschöpfung und zum gesellschaftlichen Wohlbefinden beitragen. Mit der Website reagiert die SAGW auf die Kritik gegenüber den Geisteswissenschaften. 18 Fragen und Antworten machen deutlich, weshalb es die Geisteswissenschaften zur Lösung gesellschaftlicher Probleme ebenso wie zur Stärkung der Wirtschaft braucht.

Link:
https://abouthumanities.sagw.ch

Join the discussion of the blog post by the Workshop Group on Theory at 2015 Basel International Transdisciplinary Conference “What is the role of theory in transdisciplinary research?"

At http://i2insights.org/2016/02/17/role-of-theory-in-transdisciplinary-research/.

You can also comment on other recent posts on the Integration and Implementation Insights blog at http://I2Insights.org or write you own post.

Other recent topics are:

• Do we need to discipline interdisciplinarity?
• Fire together, wire together: the role of funding bodies in supporting interdisciplinary research
• Let’s play: co-creating award courses for designing, teaching, researching, and facilitating transdisciplinarity – Transacademic Interface Managers as an example

Das Förderungsinstrument Sinergia des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds wurde neu ausgerichtet: Fortan werden damit wegweisende interdisziplinäre Projekte ("breakthrough research") finanziert.

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Join the discussion of Tanja Golja and Dena Fam’s blog post "Supporting academics’ learning to design, teach and research transdisciplinary programs in higher education: what’s the state of play?"

At http://i2insights.org/2016/01/20/transciplinary-programs-in-higher-education/.

You can also comment on other recent posts on the Integration and Implementation Insights blog at http://I2Insights.org or write you own post.

Other recent topics are:

• Three options for research impact: informing, driving, triggering
• Can mapping mental models improve research implementation?
• The promise of using similar methods across disciplines