td-net | Network for Transdisciplinary Research
Researchers and teachers, as well as young academics, can find information on methodological approaches and the current discourse in the transdisciplinary community on this website. Research funding institutions and representatives from civil society will also find information on forms and processes of transdisciplinary research partnerships.
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Subscribe now to the tdMOOC Learning Group 2026!
Want to strengthen your skills in tackling complex societal challenges through transdisciplinary research? The free online course tdMOOC Partnering for Change is back — and the next Learning Group runs from 25 February to 16 April 2026.
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Two td-net lectures as part of the CAS for One Health
In October and November, Stefan Müller and Minea Mäder from the td-net had the pleasure of delivering two one-day lectures as part of the newly launched Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in One Health at the University of Bern.
Upcoming Events
12:15-13:15
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online
Methoden am Montag: Nomadic Concepts
Unterstützt den Austausch über verschiedene Verständnisse von Konzepten und Begriffen. Das finden einer gemeinsamen Sprache ist z.B. wichtig bei der Definition eines gemeinsamen Problemverständnisses.
12:15-13:15
Location of the event
online
Methoden am Montag: Functional-dynamic Stakeholder Involvement
Dieser Ansatz hilft dabei, die funktionale (bezogen auf das Ziel des jeweiligen Projektschritts) sowie die dynamische (bezogen auf die Art der Beteiligung am jeweiligen Projektschritt) Einbindung der Beteiligten zu spezifizieren.
12:15-13:15
Location of the event
online
Methoden am Montag: Storywall
Ein auf Geschichten basierendes Hilfsmittel, das verschiedenen Akteuren erlaubt, rückblickend zu betrachten, wie ein gemeinsamer Prozess wahrgenommen worden ist.
Current Publications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Toolkitting: an unrecognized form of expertise for overcoming fragmentation in inter and transdisciplinarity
Laursen, B, Vienni-Baptista, B, Bammer, G, Di Giulio, A, Paulsen, T, Robson-Williams, M, Studer, S (2024)
A growing number of inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) toolkits provide methods, processes, concepts, heuristics, frameworks, and other resources for designing and implementing ITD research. A brief overview of the currently fragmented toolkits landscape is provided, fleshed out through descriptions of four toolkits.
Gaia Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Two decades of transdisciplinarity in Switzerland: Past, present, future
Paulsen, T, Küffer, C (2023)
Switzerland has been a stronghold of transdisciplinarity in the past decades, thanks in particular to saguf and td-net. td-net’s 20 years anniversary is an opportunity to recall the past and look ahead.