Capabilities for transdisciplinary research

Developing ‘Nexus Capabilities’: towards transdisciplinary methodologies

1: The Food, Water, Energy Nexus 2: The Politics of Nexus-Related Research 3: Origins, Aims and Questions 4: Multi-, Interand Transdisciplinarity 5: Methods, Methodologies and Functions 6: Context, Complexity and Uncertainty 7: Risk, Evidence and Sound Science 8: Objectivity, Subjectivity and Framing 9: Critical Reflection and Reflexivity 10: Inductive, Deductive and Abductive Methods in Nexus-...

Science Policy for Transdisciplinary Research

Evaluation of Transdisciplinary Research

In an evaluation of transdisciplinary research the progress of research is investigated by comparing the performance with the aims of the research. Due to the complexity and high risk of transdisciplinary research, evaluation is very important to improve the standard of this type of research. (1) Evaluation by the scientific community assesses facts and values of the project from the point of v...

Nurturing communities of practice for transdisciplinary research

Transdisciplinary research practice has become a core element of global sustainability science. Transdisciplinary research brings with it an expectation that people with different backgrounds and interests will learn together through collective problem solving and innovation. Here we introduce the concept of “transdisciplinary communities of practice, ” and draw on both situated learning theory...

Advancing Transdisciplinary Research: The Transdisciplinary Energetics and Cancer Initiative

Strategies for constructing and maintaining cross-disciplinary teams are in their infancy. We outline strategies to support one form, transdisciplinary research, in a major initiative of the National Cancer Institute, the Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer 2 (TREC2) initiative. Discussion of the TREC2 sites’ experiences with transdisciplinarity is structured around a conceptual...