Principles for Designing Transdisciplinary Research
Proposed by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Christian Pohl und Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn
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Christian Pohl, Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, Principles for Designing Transdisciplinary Research (2021), oekom verlag, München, ISBN: 9783962388638
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Beschreibung / Abstract
In the information or knowledge society, there is a need for transdisciplinary research, i. e. research that deals with complex life-world problems. Transdisciplinary projects aim to come up with practice-oriented solutions that serve what is perceived to be the common good. In order to achieve this, they transcend disciplinary boundaries and include the perspectives of public agencies, the business community and civil society in the research process. This process is therefore particularly challenging for those involved.
This book is proposed by the transdisciplinarity-net, which is a project supported by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. It offers a means of designing transdisciplinary research. The tools presented here help structure the research process, in particular with a view to:
†¢ adequately reducing the complexity of a problem field,
†¢ taking into account the multiplicity of perspectives,
†¢ embedding research into the social context, and
†¢ adapting concepts and methods in the course of the research process.
This publication shows how these tools can be used in the three phases of a transdisciplinary research process: identifying and structuring the problem, analyzing the problem and bringing results to fruition.
This book is proposed by the transdisciplinarity-net, which is a project supported by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. It offers a means of designing transdisciplinary research. The tools presented here help structure the research process, in particular with a view to:
†¢ adequately reducing the complexity of a problem field,
†¢ taking into account the multiplicity of perspectives,
†¢ embedding research into the social context, and
†¢ adapting concepts and methods in the course of the research process.
This publication shows how these tools can be used in the three phases of a transdisciplinary research process: identifying and structuring the problem, analyzing the problem and bringing results to fruition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Translator†™s Note
- Foreword by the td-net Scientific Advisory Board
- 1 Introduction
- Structure
- 2 The Principles in Brief
- Transdisciplinary Research (TR)
- The transdisciplinary research process
- 1st principle: Reduce complexity by specifying the need for knowledge and identifying those involved
- 2nd principle: Achieve effectiveness through contextualisation
- 3rd principle: Achieve integration through open encounters
- 4th principle: Develop reflexivity through recursiveness
- 3 Transdisciplinary Research
- 3.1 Starting point, goal and requirements
- 3.2 Identifying and structuring research questions
- 3.3 Systems, target and transformation knowledge
- 4 The TransdisciplinaryResearch Process
- 4.1 Recursiveness
- 4.2 Problem identification and structuring
- 4.2.1 Identifying actors and specifying the need for knowledge
- 4.2.2 Contextualisation: embedding TR in science and the life-world context
- 4.2.3 Reformulation of the questions in relation to life-world actors
- Example 4 The †Menu†
- Example 5 The †Netzstadt† project
- 4.3 Problem analysis
- 4.3.1 The structure of problem analysis
- 4.3.2 Forms of collaboration
- 4.3.3 Modes of integration
- 4.4 Bringing results to fruition
- 4.4.1 Recursiveness in the phase of bringing results to fruition
- 4.4.2 Explicit and detailed development of impact models
- 4.4.3 Cognizance of the context of life-world problems
- 4.4.4 Tailoring results for the target groups
- 4.4.5 Embedding TR in the scientific environment
- Annex
- A1 Definitions of transdisciplinarity
- A2 †Modes of operation† of transdisciplinarity known under other designations
- A3 Participants in the peer review process
- Notes
- List of References
- Back Cover