Building competencies for transdisciplinary collaboration

Realising transdisciplinary collaborations requires unusual competencies that are absent in most researchers’ education. In this course, we will introduce and start developing the core competencies for transdisciplinary collaborations across all phases, from the initial encounters with distinctive perspectives to forging durable engagements with societal stakeholders towards the framing and executing of transdisciplinary collaboration and efforts to integrate diverse knowledge. This course will focus on how transdisciplinary collaboration can move beyond joint problem-solving, highlighting the possibilities for more profound impacts. The course is designed to support early-career researchers (doctoral students, postdoctoral students) who strive to work beyond disciplinary boundaries and engage societal stakeholders. 

The course is highly experiential and playful. We will combine a minimalistic set of instructions with multiple hands-on activities that allow participants to experiment with different ways of approaching transdisciplinary research. The exercises will build and expand on the participants' experience, providing opportunities to re-assess ingrained ideas about what counts as reliable and socially robust knowledge and to develop a more nuanced understanding of what kinds of processes and competencies are conducive to transdisciplinarity.  

Register no later than 4 November