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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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    Jetzt anmelden: CAS Citizen Science und Public Engagement

    td-net und die UZH bieten ein praxisnahes Spezialisierungsmodul zu Methoden ko-kreativer Projektarbeit an. Dieses kann entweder als Teil des gesamten CAS oder als Einzelmodul gebucht werden.

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    Tour d'Horizon 2024 published

    For the twentieth time, thanks to contributions from the community, td-net has compiled a list of key literature from 2024 in the field of inter- and transdisciplinary research, education and practice. 57 publications, are classified into 5 categories with short annotations from the contributors. Feedback on the use and usefulness of this product is very much appreciated - simply email to td-net@scnat.ch

    All “Tour d’Horizon of Literature” issues can be found here. Many thanks to our contributors for making this years Tour d’Horizon possible!

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    Call: for Projects: Engaged UniBE – Transdisciplinary Projects for Sustainable Development

    The Vice-Rectorate Quality and Sustainable Development of the University of Bern has launched a call for projects that are in line with the Climate Roadmap 2030.


Upcoming Events

  • 08:30-15:00

    Location of the event

    Universität Zürich

    Workshop RealTransform: Hochschulkultur für Nachhaltigkeit

    Der Workshop ist bereits ausgebucht. Interessierte können sich aber über die Anmeldung auf eine Warteliste eintragen lassen.

    Wie können Hochschulen partizipative und transdisziplinäre Räume entwickeln, um gemeinsames Lernen und die Ko-Kreation von Wissen für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung zu ermöglichen?

  • Location of the event

    Université de Lausanne

    ITD-CH 25

    This year's Swiss Conference on Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD-CH 25) will be held in cooperation with the University of Lausanne.

  • Location of the event

    University of Évora

    International Transdisciplinary Conference ITD27

    This conference offers leading trainers, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world the opportunity to share their knowledge, insights, and expertise on the critical issues in inter- and transdisciplinarity needed to build capacity in and through research, education, policy making, activism, and artistic engagement.



Current Publications

  • Network for Transdisciplinary Research td-net

    Toolkitting: an unrecognized form of expertise for overcoming fragmentation in inter and transdisciplinarity

    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. F

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    Two decades of transdisciplinarity in Switzerland: Past, present, future

    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.

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    Gaia Editorial: Building a transdisciplinary future: Balancing collaboration and excellence

    "Everything must change so that everything can stay the same.” This quote from the novel The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa sums up the challenges of our time. Amidst an era of rapid change and social paradigm shifts, rethinking and renegotiating the social contract between science and society is more urgent than ever.

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