Overview

This expansive Handbook guides readers through a multi-layered landscape of the interpretations and uses of transdisciplinary thinking and practices worldwide. It advances understanding of the strengths and limits of transdisciplinary research in the context of societal power relations, institutional structures and social inequalities. Original chapters from 116 scholars and experts in 27 countries create a multi-cultural constellation of conceptual and methodological approaches to transdisciplinary research, teaching, training and community projects, showcasing the diversity and plurality of transdisciplinary contributions. Framed through the core themes of thinking, doing and being, this Handbook thoroughly reviews key topics including philosophies and theories, research and practice, education and training and financial and institutional resources with examples from innovative transdisciplinary global projects. Inclusive in its approach, this Handbook will be an ideal resource for public and private domain professionals wishing to explore collaborative working practices. Scholars looking for a better understanding of transdisciplinarity and how it differs from interdisciplinarity will find the case studies illustrative and informative.

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Author:   Roderick J. Lawrence
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781802207828

ISBN 10:   1802207821
Pages:   696
Publication Date:   12 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword xxix Alfonso Montuori Acknowledgements xxxix Roderick J. Lawrence Introduction 1 Roderick J. Lawrence PART I EPISTEMOLOGIES, PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEORIES 1 The promise of scaffolding: a metaphor and living practice for transdisciplinary inquiry 28 Pia Andersson and Henrietta Palmer 2 Transdisciplinarity as it emerges: a living-systems perspective 44 Danielle Davelaar 3 The public epistemic role of higher education for all 62 Su-ming Khoo 4 The pertinence of transdisciplinarity for global studies: the case of globalization 79 Amentahru Wahlrab 5 Addressing power relations in the global field of science 95 Petra Dannecker 6 Cross-pollination in art and science: plasticity of the mind and birth of transcultures 111 Marc-Williams Debono 7 New pragmatics and hermeneutics of self, knowledge, and society: transdisciplinarity, trans-civilizational dialogues, and planetary conversations 128 Ananta Kumar Giri PART II PRAXIS 8 Transdisciplinary practice: being, doing, knowing 145 David Adams and Kate Maguire 9 Emergence of transdisciplinarity in global environmental change research: moving from system understanding to systemic sustainability solutions 159 Rik Leemans and Karen Fortuin 10 Navigating knowledge systems to address resilience challenges: contributions of communities of practice 177 Corina Angheloiu, Shuchi Vora and Mike Tennant 11 The transdisciplinary potential of citizen science 197 Alexandra Albert, Muki Haklay, Fabien Moustard, Susanne Hecker, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Marina Chang and Ariel B. Lindner 12 Real-world Labs as transdisciplinary learning environments 214 Richard Beecroft 13 Transdisciplinary teams as discourse coalitions: building transformative narratives for transdisciplinary inquiry 230 Chris Riedy 14 Formative developmental evaluation: a transdisciplinary urban regeneration project in London, UK 247 Gemma Moore, Irene Pluchinotta, Helen Pineo, David Osrin, Nici Zimmermann, Giuseppe Salvia and Michael Davies PART III PEDAGOGY AND TRAINING 15 Collaborating for good: what would a transdisciplinary university look like? 267 Michael F. Mascolo 16 Advancing transdisciplinary research in the Global South 286 Katsia Paulavets, Sarah Moore and Mathieu Denis 17 Transdisciplinarity in higher education: the potential of digitalization 306 Theres Paulsen, Jakob Zinsstag and Lisa Crump 18 Transdisciplinary education and ATLAS activities: past, present, and future perspectives 319 Atila Ertas, Raymond T. Yeh, Bob Block and David Block PART IV A GLOBAL SAMPLE OF TRANSDISCIPLINARITY 19 Value-added transdisciplinary One Health research and problem solving 333 Jakob Zinsstag, Kristina Pelikan, Monica Berger Gonzalez, Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund, Lisa Crump, Stephanie Mauti, Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa, Bassirou Bonfoh, Seid Mohammed Ali, Rahma Abtidon and Rea Tschopp 20 Engaging in transformative spaces: a design perspective 351 Aniek Hebinck, Timo von Wirth, Giorgia Silvestri and Laura Pereira 21 Amidst the flyway: co-designing accommodation fields for the barnacle goose in south-eastern Finland 367 Juha Hiedanpää, Matti Salo, Mikko Jokinen, Jani Pellikka, Ron Store, Toni Laaksonen, Mika Pirinen, Wieland Heim, Antti Piironen, Nina Mikander, Hanne Lohilahti and Jukka T. Forsman 22 Schola’s action program: modernizing and sustaining public schools in Quebec 384 Carole Després, Claude Demers, Caroline Gagnon, Pierre Larochelle, Frédérick Lépinay, André Potvin and Sarahlou Wagner-Lapierre 23 Children as research actors: theories, methods, and experimentation 403 Frédéric Darbellay and Zoe Moody 24 Transdisciplinarity at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan 419 Tetsuzo Yasunari, Yasuhisa Kondo, Ria Lambino, Hein Mallee, Yuko Onishi, Makoto Taniguchi and Ichiro Tayasu 25 Implementing sustainability in Taipei with transdisciplinarity 436 Liling Huang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Yun-Tsui Chang, Kuan-Chieh Chen and Qile Dong 26 Co-producing urban and peri-urban agriculture in Andean countries 455 Jaime Hernández-García and Tannya Pico Parra 27 Reconceptualizing stakeholders and decentering collaborations: reflections from the Lagos housing sector 474 Basirat Oyalowo 28 Implementing transdisciplinarity in the Caucasus region: societal conditions, institutional transitions, and perspectives 492 Tamara Mitrofanenko, Tigran Keryan, Nina Shatberashvili, Lana Ghvinjilia and Ulli Vilsmaier PART V RESOURCES 29 Resourcing transdisciplinary programs and projects 513 Erica Key 30 Global alliance for inter- and transdisciplinarity: connecting organizations to advance collaborative research and education 525 Stephen M. Fiore, Julie Thompson Klein, Ulli Vilsmaier, Machiel Keestra and Theres Paulsen 31 Toolkits for transdisciplinary research: state of the art, challenges, and potentials for further developments 536 Sibylle Studer and Christian Pohl 32 Does transdisciplinarity need an underpinning discipline? The case for Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) 547 Gabriele Bammer PART VI PROSPECTS 33 Prospects for transdisciplinarity and beyond: collectively keeping the future in mind 560 Valerie A. Brown and John A. Harris 34 Digital Life Norway – should biotechnology be transdisciplinary? 575 Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal, Trygve Brautaset and Roger Strand 35 What futures for transdisciplinarity in nuclear R&D? 592 Catrinel Turcanu, Gaston Meskens, Robbe Geysmans, Joke Kenens, Marika Silvikko de Villafranca and Tanja Perko Epilogue: globalizing transdisciplinarity 609 Julie Thompson Klein Index 619

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'This pragmatic, accessible and comprehensive reflection on global applications of a transdisciplinary approach is a welcome contribution to the debate and demonstrates that transdisciplinarity has become an intellectual field of its own. The various contributors discuss the epistemological, philosophical and theories that underpin transdisciplinarity and demonstrate the way in which the diversity, coexistence and plurality in different geographical and cultural contexts use transdisciplinarity in creative and meaningful ways. This Handbook is a valuable resource for all researchers and institutions in their efforts to link knowledge with practice and bring about transformation through dynamic acts of transgression.' -- Heide Hackmann, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Edited by Roderick J. Lawrence, Honorary Professor, Geneva School of Social Sciences and Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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