Field stories
Transdisciplinary research journeys are often pretty complicated. They depend on maintaining relationships between stakeholders with distinct and sometimes conflicting interests, navigating entrenched world-views, and dealing with unexpected situations. Here you can explore how others are actively engaging in transdisciplinary research and how they went about their journeys. Make sure to check this page regularly for new stories.
Students and policy makers in one classroom - learning together
In this field story we highlight the 'Mixed Classroom', an educational innovation developed by the Urban Futures Studio in which students from different disciplines and policy makers are part of one classroom where they learn from and with each other.
'Transdisciplinary research is the future of science'
In this field story, we share the experiences of Arthur Lutz (UU), Sanita Dhaubanjar (UU/ICIMOD), Wouter Smolenaars (WUR) and Muhammad Khalid Jamil (WUR/PARC) about the transdisciplinary research collaborative SustaIndus.
‘The transdisciplinary character of this project makes it less suitable for existing financing schemes’
In this field story, we share the experiences of Sanne Akerboom and Michelle Prins (Natuur&Milieu) about the transdisciplinary research collaborative called the Sustainable Industry Lab.
‘Transdisciplinary research requires commitment’
In this field story, we share the experiences of a transdisciplinary research collaborative called the Datawerkplaats.