Academic resources
The following are transdisciplinary resources from the field guide and beyond.
Hadorn, G. H., Biber-klemm, S., Grossenbacher-mansuy, W., Hoffmann-riem, H., Joye, D., Pohl, C., Wiesmann, U., & Zemp, E. (2008). The Emergence of Transdisciplinarity as a Form of Research. 19鈥39.
Jahn, T., Bergmann, M., & Keil, F. (2012). Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization. Ecological Economics, 79, 1鈥10.
Klein, J. T., Grossenbacher-Mansuy, W., H盲berli, R., Bill, A., Scholz, R. W., & Welti, M. (Eds.). (2012). Transdisciplinarity: Joint problem solving among science, technology, and society: An effective way for managing complexity. Birkh盲user.
Klein, J. T. (2004). Prospects for transdisciplinarity. Futures, 36(4), 515-526.
Klein, J.T. (2013). The Transdisciplinary Moment(um). Integral Review 9, 189鈥199.
Lang, D.J., Wiek, A., Bergmann, M., Stauffacher, M., Martens, P., Moll, P., Swilling, M., Thomas, C.J. (2012). Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: Practice, principles, and challenges. Sustainability Science, 7, 25鈥43.
Norstr枚m, A. V, Cvitanovic, C., L枚f, M.F., West, S., Wyborn, C., Balvanera, P., Bednarek, A.T., Bennett, E.M., Biggs, R., Bremond, A. De, Campbell, B.M., Canadell, J.G., Carpenter, S.R., Folke, C., Fulton, E.A., Gaffney, O., Gelcich, S., Jouffray, J., Leach, M., Tissier, M. Le, Mart铆n-l贸pez, B., Louder, E., Loutre, M., Stafford-smith, M., Teng枚, M., Hel, S. Van Der, Putten, I. Van, 脰sterblom, H. (2020). Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability 3.
Nowotny, H. (2003). Democratising Expertise and socially robust knowledge. Science and Public Policy, 30(3), 151鈥156.
Pohl, C., Hirsch Hadorn, G. (2007). Principles for designing transdisciplinary research: Proposed by the Swiss Academis of Arts and Sciences, Principles for Designing Transdisciplinary Research. Oekom, Munich.
Pohl, C. (2011). What is progress in transdisciplinary research鈥? Futures 43, 618鈥626.
Polk, M. (2014). Achieving the promise of transdisciplinarity: a critical exploration of the relationship between transdisciplinary research and societal problem solving. Sustainability science, 9(4), 439-451.
Robinson, J. (2008). Being undisciplined: Transgressions and intersections in academia and beyond. Futures, 40(1), 70-86.
Seidl, R., Brand, F.S., Stauffacher, M., Kr眉tli, P., Le, Q.B., Sp枚rri, A., Meylan, G., Moser, C., Gonz谩lez, M.B., Scholz, R.W. (2013). Science with society in the anthropocene. Ambio 42, 5鈥12.
Witjes, S., & Vermeulen, W. J. V. (2021). Transdisciplinary research: approaches and methodological principles. Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability - Connecting Diverse Practices, 2015, 1鈥20.
Klein, J.T. (2010). A taxonomy of interdisciplinarity. In R. Frodeman, J.T. Klein, & C. Mitcham (Eds.) Oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity. Oxford: Oxford 木瓜福利影视 Press.
Hadorn, G.H., Hoffmann-Riem, H., Biber-Klemm, S., Grossenbacher-Mansuy, W., Joye, D., Pohl, C., Wiesmann, U., Zemp, E. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research. Springer, Berlin.
Carew, A. L., & Wickson, F. (2010). The TD wheel: a heuristic to shape, support and evaluate transdisciplinary research. Futures, 42(10), 1146鈥1155.
TD Net -
STEPS Centre Methods and Methodologies -
TD Academy - A Platform for Transdiscplinary Research and Studies -
Sustainability Research Effectiveness Program -
Breda, J. van, & Swilling, M. (2019). The guiding logics and principles for designing emergent transdisciplinary research processes: learning experiences and reflections from a transdisciplinary urban case study in Enkanini informal settlement, South Africa. Sustainability Science, 14(3), 823鈥841.
Moser, S.C. (2016). Can science on transformation transform science鈥? Lessons from co-design. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 20, 106鈥115.
Pohl, C., Kr眉tli, P., Stauffacher, M. (2017). Ten reflective steps for rendering research societally relevant. Gaia 26, 43鈥51.
Polk, M. (2015). Transdisciplinary co-production: designing and testing a transdisciplinary research framework for societal problem solving. Futures, 65, 110-122.
The Reality of Transdisciplinary Processes, Special Issue, Sustainability Science (2015).
Caniglia, G., Sch盲pke, N., Lang, D.J., Abson, D.J., Luederitz, C., Wiek, A., Laubichler, M.D., Gralla, F., von Wehrden, H. (2017). Experiments and evidence in sustainability science: A typology. Journal of Cleaner Production, 169, 39鈥47.
The TD Net maintains a list of publications in this domain:
Newig, J., Jahn, S., Lang, D.J., Kahle, J., Bergmann, M. (2019). Linking modes of research to their scientific and societal outcomes . Evidence from 81 sustainability-oriented research projects. Environmental Science & Policy, 101, 147鈥155.
Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Luederitz, C., Lang, D.J., Newig, J., Reinert, F., Abson, D.J., Wehrden, H. Von (2013). A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Ecological Economics, 92, 1鈥15.
Kueffer, C., Hirsch Hadorn, G., Bammer, G., Kerkhoff, V., Pohl, C. (2007). Transdisciplinary Publication Culture. Gaia 1, 22鈥26.
Hegger, D., Lamers, M., Van Zeijl-Rozema, A., Dieperink, C. (2012). Conceptualising joint knowledge production in regional climate change adaptation projects: Success conditions and levers for action. Environmental Science & Policy, 18, 52鈥65.
Head, B.W. (2019). Forty years of wicked problems literature: forging closer links to policy studies. Policy and Society 38, 180鈥197.
Conklin, J. (2006). Dialogue mapping: Building shared understanding of wicked problems. Chichester: John Wiley.
Ansell, C.K., Bartenberger, M. (2017). Tackling Unruly Public Problems, in: Governance in Turbulent Times Tackling Unruly Public Problems. pp. 1鈥33.
Fazey, I., Scha虉pke Niko, Caniglia, G., Patterson, J., Hultman, J., Mierlo, V. B., 鈥 Wyborn, C. (2018). Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research. Energy Research & Social Science, 40, 54鈥70.
Schneider, F., Giger, M., Harari, N., Moser, S., Oberlack, C., Providoli, I., 鈥 Zimmermann, A. (2019). Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: three generic mechanisms of impact generation. Environmental Science and Policy, 102, 26鈥35.
Turnhout, E., Metze, T., Wyborn, C., Klenk, N., Louder, E. (2020). The politics of co-production: participation, power, and transformation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 42, 15鈥21.
Hel, S. van der. (2016). Environmental Science & Policy New science for global sustainability鈥? The institutionalisation of knowledge co-production in Future Earth. Environmental Science and Policy, 61, 165鈥175.
Adelle, C., Pereira, L., Gorgens, T., & Losch, B. (2020). Making sense together: the role of scientists in the coproduction of knowledge for policy making. Science and Public Policy, 47(1), 56鈥66.
Cockburn, J., Cundill, G. (2018). Ethics in Transdisciplinary Research: Reflections on the Implications of 鈥楽cience with Society,鈥 in: The Palgrave Handbook of Ethics in Critical Research. Springer, pp. 81鈥97.
Pohl, C., Hadorn, G. H., Fry, P., Boillat, S., Schneider, F., Speranza, C. I., 鈥 Kiteme, B. (2010). Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal. Science and Public Policy, 37(4), 267鈥281.
Wittmayer, J. M., & Scha虉pke Niko. (2014). Action, research and participation: roles of researchers in sustainability transitions. Sustainability Science, 9(4), 483鈥496.
Co-production:
Bremer, S., Meisch, S. (2017). Co-production in climate change research鈥: reviewing different perspectives 8, 1鈥22.
Hel, S. van der (2016). Environmental Science & Policy New science for global sustainability鈥? The institutionalisation of knowledge co-production in Future Earth. Environmental Science & Policy, 61, 165鈥175.
Perry B., Atherton, M. (2017). Beyond critique: the value of co-production in realising just cities? Local Environment, 22:sup1, 36-51,
Wyborn, C., Datta, A., Montana, J., Ryan, M., Leith, P., Chaffin, B., 鈥 van Kerkhoff, L. (2019). Co-producing sustainability: reordering the governance of science, policy, and practice. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 44(1), 319鈥346.
As a form of convergence between disciplines:
Jantsch, E. (1947). Inter- and transdisciplinary university: a systems approach to education and innovation. Higher Education, 1(1), 7鈥37.
National Research Council (2014). Convergence: facilitating transdisciplinary integration of life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and beyond. National Academies Press, Washington D.C.
Co-production (as in co-producing science and social orders):
Jasanoff, S. (2004). Ordering knowledge, ordering society. In S. Jasanoff (Ed.), States of knowledge: The co-production of science and social order (pp. 13鈥45). London: Routledge.
鈥淢ode 2鈥 knowledge production:
Hessels, L. K., & van Lente, H. (2008). Re-thinking new knowledge production: a literature review and a research agenda. Research Policy, 37(4), 740鈥760.
Nowotny, H., Scott, P., Gibbons, M. (2001). Re-thinking Science: Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty. Polity, Cambridge, UK.
Post-normal science:
Funtowicz, S. O., & Ravetz, J. R. (1993). Science for the post-normal age. Futures, 25(7), 739鈥755.
Dankel, D., Vaage, N., & van der Sluijs, J. P. (2017). Post-normal science in practice: post-normal science in practice. Futures, 91, 1鈥4.
Strand, R. (2017). Post-normal science. In C. L. Spash (Ed.). Routledge handbook of ecological economics: Nature and society (pp. 288鈥298). London: Routledge ISBN-13: 978鈥1138931510.
Public Participation:
Kasemir, B. (2003). Public Participation in Sustainability Science: a Handbook. Cambridge 木瓜福利影视 Press, Cambridge.
Schmidt, L., Falk, T., Siegmund-Schultze, M., & Spangenberg, J. H. (2020). The objectives of stakeholder involvement in transdisciplinary research : a conceptual framework for a reflective and reflexive practise. Ecological Economics, 176.
Stauffacher, M., Fle虁ueler Thomas, Kre虁utli Pius, & Scholz, R. (2008). Analytic and dynamic approach to collaboration: a transdisciplinary case study on sustainable landscape development in a swiss prealpine region. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 21(6), 409鈥422.
Talwar, S., Wiek, A., & Robinson, J. (2011). User engagement in sustainability research. Science and Public Policy, 38(5), 379鈥390.
Belcher, B. M., Rasmussen, K. E., Kemshaw, M. R., & Zornes, D. A. (2016). Defining and assessing research quality in a transdisciplinary context. Research Evaluation, 25(1), 1鈥17.
Bergmann, M., Brohmann, B., Hoffmann, E., Loibl, M.C., Rehaag, R., Schramm, E., Vo脽, J. (2005). Quality Criteria of Transdisciplinary Research: A Guide for the Formative Evaluation of Research Projects.
Bergmann, M. et al. (2005). Quality criteria for transdisciplinary research. A guide for the formative evaluation of research projects. Frankfurt am Main: Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE). Frankfurt-on-Main
Klein, J. T. (2008). Evaluation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research:a literature review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Supplement, 35(2), 123.
Jahn, T., & Keil, F. (2015). An actor-specific guideline for quality assurance in transdisciplinary research. Futures, 65, 195鈥208.
Wiek, A., Talwar, S., O'Shea, M., & Robinson, J. (2014). Toward a methodological scheme for capturing societal effects of participatory sustainability research. Research Evaluation, 23(2), 117鈥132.
Jacobs, J. A. (2013). In defense of disciplines : interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university. 木瓜福利影视 of Chicago Press.
Braden, K., Arnim, W., & Brundiers, K. (2013). The role of transacademic interface managers in transformational sustainability research and education. Sustainability, 5(11), 4614鈥4636.
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