Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability: Collaboration, Innovation and Transformation

Author:   Martina Padmanabhan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138216402


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   16 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability: Collaboration, Innovation and Transformation


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Transdisciplinarity is a new way of scientifically meeting the challenges of sustainability. Indeed, interdisciplinary collaboration and co-operation with non-academic ‘practice partners’ is at the core of this; creating contextualised, socially relevant knowledge about complex real-world problems. Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability breaks new ground by presenting transdisciplinary research in practice, drawing on recent advances by the vibrant transdisciplinary research communities in the German-speaking world. It describes methodological innovations developed to address wide-ranging contemporary issues including climate change adaptation, energy policy, sustainable agriculture and soil conservation. Furthermore, the authors reflect on the challenges involved in integrating non-academic actors in scientific research, on the tensions that arise in the encounter of theory and praxis, and on the inherently normative, political nature of sustainability research. Highlighting the need for academic institutions to be transformed to reflect transdisciplinarity, this timely volume will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as Sustainability Science, Transdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy of Science.

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Author:   Martina Padmanabhan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138216402


ISBN 10:   1138216402
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   16 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface: Bernhard Gläser & Heike Egner, series editors Foreword by the editor: Martina Padmanabhan Introduction: Transdisciplinarity for sustainability Martina Padmanabhan Section 1: Understanding sustainability science as challenge and necessity A transdisciplinary approach to the process of socio-technical transformation: the case of German ‘Energiewende’ Armin Grunwald Real-world laboratories as an institutionalisation of the new social contract between science and society Mandy Singer-Brodowski & Matthias Wanner & Uwe Schneidewind Transdisciplinarity in social-ecological research: Constraints, challenges and opportunities. Reflections on personal experience Sabine Hofmeister Section 2: Cooperating with partners of practice From the plurality of transdisciplinarity to concrete transdisciplinary methods. The case of PoNa and its dialogue with practitioners on a picture discourse analysis. Daniela Gottschlich & Jedrzej Sulmowski Social learning videos: A method for successful collaboration between science and practice Patricia Fry Developing landscape scenarios and identifying local management options: Outcomes and evaluation of a participatory approach in the Swabian Alb, Germany Claudia Bieling, Holger Gerdes, Bettina Ohnesorge, Tobias Plieninger, Harald Schaich, Christian Schleyer, Kathrin Trommler & Franziska Wolff Section 3: Pursuing methodological innovations for transdisciplinarity This is the case (study) - so what? Reflections on a constitutive tension in sustainability science Rafael Ziegler Facilitating change: Methodologies for collaborative learning with stakeholders Anja Christinck & Brigitte Kaufmann Dream team or evil twins? International tandems in transdisciplinary research Martina Padmanabhan Section 4: Policy Interface: Creating dialogues with policy makers Die Landforscher: Independent researchers networking for sustainable agriculture Andrea Fink-Keßler & Karin Jürgens Prospective scenario planning in collaborative transdisciplinary research Ingo Neumann Neumann &, Sonja Deppisch Policy foresight: Conceptual ideas on how to engage with dynamics of policy instrument design Carsten Mann & Jan-Peter Voss Outlook: The future of transdisciplinarity Martina Padmanabhan

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Sustainability can neither be understood nor realized without transdisciplinarity. In this collection of outstanding contribution by a stellar cast of international scholars and practitioners, Dr. Padmanabhan brilliantly demonstrates how sustainability science researchers and practitioners can speak to and learn from each other. This model of integrative work will prove to be of lasting and immense value. Arun Agrawal is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan, USA Co-design, co-production and co-dissemination are often applied in transdisciplinary research, but still lacks methodological clarity in practise. The volume offers outstanding research from German speaking countries that can further elucidate the implementation of these concepts. It clearly demonstrates that power, gender and culture must be considered carefully to establish transdisciplinarity as emancipatory force. Christoph Goerg, Professor of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria Universtat Wien, Austria


Sustainability can neither be understood nor realized without transdisciplinarity. In this collection of outstanding contribution by a stellar cast of international scholars and practitioners, Dr. Padmanabhan brilliantly demonstrates how sustainability science researchers and practitioners can speak to and learn from each other. This model of integrative work will prove to be of lasting and immense value. Arun Agrawal is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan, USA Co-design, co-production and co-dissemination are often applied in transdisciplinary research, but still lacks methodological clarity in practise. The volume offers outstanding research from German speaking countries that can further elucidate the implementation of these concepts. It clearly demonstrates that power, gender and culture must be considered carefully to establish transdisciplinarity as emancipatory force. Christoph Goerg, Professor of Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria Universtat Wien, Austria


Sustainability can neither be understood nor realized without transdisciplinarity. In this collection of outstanding contribution by a stellar cast of international scholars and practitioners, Dr. Padmanabhan brilliantly demonstrates how sustainability science researchers and practitioners can speak to and learn from each other. This model of integrative work will prove to be of lasting and immense value. Arun Agrawal is a Professor at the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan, USA


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Martina Padmanabhan is W3 Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies - Southeast Asia, University of Passau, Germany

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