Trauma, Narratives, Institutions: Transdisciplinary Dialogs

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science at Higher Education Institutions: Science Policy Tools for Incremental Institutional Change

At the very moment that humanity is facing a broadening ecological crisis, and that both policy makers and civil society are calling for a transition towards more sustainable societies, modern science seems incapable of providing operational solutions for managing this transition. In this context, both Noble prize laureates and high-level science officials have stressed the need of an in depth ...

Cultural Differences in the Relationship between Intrusions and Trauma Narratives Using the Trauma Film Paradigm

Two studies explored the influence of culture on the relationship between British and East Asian adults' autobiographical remembering of trauma film material and associated intrusions. Participants were shown aversive film clips to elicit intrusive images. Then participants provided a post-film narrative of the film content (only Study 1). In both studies, participants reported intrusive images...

Affect regulation in extreme traumatization – fragmented narratives of Holocaust survivors hospitalized in psychiatric institutions

In previous studies on severe genocidal trauma, both authors of this study have repeatedly observed that survivors experienced difficulties in attempting to relate their traumatic experiences. This pattern of disorgani‐ zation in survivors’ narratives led to the present study that seeks to examine a subgroup of survivors of the Holocaust who practically gave up their efforts to com‐ municate, a...

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...

Becoming Transdisciplinary: The Emergence of the Transdisciplinary Individual