Exotic Applied Magnetics. Transdisciplinary Research Targets.

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...

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...

Success in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research

The complexity of sustainable development and societal transitions require both analytical understandings of how coupled human-environment systems function and transdisciplinary science-to-practice approaches. The academic discourse has advanced in developing a framework for defining success in transdisciplinary research (TDR). Further empirical evidence is needed to validate the proposed conce...

Science Policy for Transdisciplinary Research

Problem Transformations in Transdisciplinary Research

1. The emergence of transdisciplinary research for sustainability 1.1 The constitution of discursive objects 1.2 The order of discourse 1.3 Structural levels of discourse 2. Process models for transdisciplinary research 2.1 A general model for research processes 2.2 The cognitive order of sustainability research 3. Problems the fountainhead of science 3.1 The conceptual world of problems 3.2 So...