Academic resources

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. 19–39.

Jahn, T., Bergmann, M., & Keil, F. (2012). Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization. Ecological Economics, 79, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.017

Klein, J. T., Grossenbacher-Mansuy, W., Häberli, 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. Birkhäuser.

Klein, J. T. (2004). Prospects for transdisciplinarity. Futures, 36(4), 515-526.

Klein, J.T. (2013). The Transdisciplinary Moment(um). Integral Review 9, 189–199.

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, 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-011-0149-x

Norström, A. V, Cvitanovic, C., Löf, 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, Martín-lópez, B., Louder, E., Loutre, M., Stafford-smith, M., Tengö, M., Hel, S. Van Der, Putten, I. Van, Österblom, H. (2020). Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2

Nowotny, H. (2003). Democratising Expertise and socially robust knowledge. Science and Public Policy, 30(3), 151–156.

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 ? Futures 43, 618–626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2011.03.001

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., Krütli, P., Le, Q.B., Spörri, A., Meylan, G., Moser, C., González, M.B., Scholz, R.W. (2013). Science with society in the anthropocene. Ambio 42, 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0363-5

Witjes, S., & Vermeulen, W. J. V. (2021). Transdisciplinary research: approaches and methodological principles. Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability - Connecting Diverse Practices, 2015, 1–20.

Klein, J.T. (2010). A taxonomy of interdisciplinarity. In R. Frodeman, J.T. Klein, & C. Mitcham (Eds.) Oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity. Oxford: Oxford University 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), 1146–1155.

TD Net - http://www.transdisciplinarity.ch/

STEPS Centre Methods and Methodologies - https://steps-centre.org/methods/

TD Academy - A Platform for Transdiscplinary Research and Studies - https://td-academy.de

Sustainability Research Effectiveness Program - https://researcheffectiveness.ca/

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), 823–841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0606-x

Moser, S.C. (2016). Can science on transformation transform science ? Lessons from co-design. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 20, 106–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.10.007

Pohl, C., Krütli, P., Stauffacher, M. (2017). Ten reflective steps for rendering research societally relevant. Gaia 26, 43–51. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.26.1.10

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). https://www.edu.nl/aaj3b

Caniglia, G., Schäpke, 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, 39–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.164

The TD Net maintains a list of publications in this domain: http://www.transdisciplinarity.ch/en/td-net/Publikationen/2020.html

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, 147–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.08.008

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, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.008

Kueffer, C., Hirsch Hadorn, G., Bammer, G., Kerkhoff, V., Pohl, C. (2007). Transdisciplinary Publication Culture. Gaia 1, 22–26.

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, 52–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.01.002

Head, B.W. (2019). Forty years of wicked problems literature: forging closer links to policy studies. Policy and Society 38, 180–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2018.1488797

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. 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739517.003.0005

Fazey, I., Schäpke Niko, Caniglia, G., Patterson, J., Hultman, J., Mierlo, V. B., … Wyborn, C. (2018). Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research. Energy Research & Social Science, 40, 54–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.026

Schneider, F., Giger, M., Harari, N., Moser, S., Oberlack, C., Providoli, I., … Zimmermann, A. (2019). Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: three generic mechanisms of impact generation. Environmental Science and Policy, 102, 26–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.08.017

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, 15–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.11.009

Hel, S. van der. (2016). Environmental Science & Policy New science for global sustainability ? The institutionalisation of knowledge co-production in Future Earth. Environmental Science and Policy, 61, 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.012

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), 56–66. https://doi-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/10.1093/scipol/scz046

Cockburn, J., Cundill, G. (2018). Ethics in Transdisciplinary Research: Reflections on the Implications of ‘Science with Society,’ in: The Palgrave Handbook of Ethics in Critical Research. Springer, pp. 81–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74721-7_6

Pohl, C., Hadorn, G. H., Fry, P., Boillat, S., Schneider, F., Speranza, C. I., … 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), 267–281. https://doi.org/10.3152/030234210X496628

Wittmayer, J. M., & Schäpke Niko. (2014). Action, research and participation: roles of researchers in sustainability transitions. Sustainability Science, 9(4), 483–496. 10.1007/s11625-014-0258-4

Co-production:

Bremer, S., Meisch, S. (2017). Co-production in climate change research : reviewing different perspectives 8, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.482

Hel, S. van der (2016). Environmental Science & Policy New science for global sustainability ? The institutionalisation of knowledge co-production in Future Earth. Environmental Science & Policy, 61, 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.012

Perry B., Atherton, M. (2017). Beyond critique: the value of co-production in realising just cities? Local Environment, 22:sup1, 36-51, https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2017.1297389

Wyborn, C., Datta, A., Montana, J., Ryan, M., Leith, P., Chaffin, B., … van Kerkhoff, L. (2019). Co-producing sustainability: reordering the governance of science, policy, and practice. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 44(1), 319–346. https://doi-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-0331…

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), 7–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.1947.tb02067.x

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. 13–45). London: Routledge.

“Mode 2” 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), 740–760. https://doi-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/10.1016/j.respol.2008.01.008

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), 739–755. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(93)90022-L

Dankel, D., Vaage, N., & van der Sluijs, J. P. (2017). Post-normal science in practice: post-normal science in practice. Futures, 91, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2017.05.009

Strand, R. (2017). Post-normal science. In C. L. Spash (Ed.). Routledge handbook of ecological economics: Nature and society (pp. 288–298). London: Routledge ISBN-13: 978–1138931510.

Public Participation:

Kasemir, B. (2003). Public Participation in Sustainability Science: a Handbook. Cambridge University 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106751

Stauffacher, M., Flèueler Thomas, Krèutli 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), 409–422.

Talwar, S., Wiek, A., & Robinson, J. (2011). User engagement in sustainability research. Science and Public Policy, 38(5), 379–390. https://doi.org/10.3152/030234211X12960315267615

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), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvv025

Bergmann, M., Brohmann, B., Hoffmann, E., Loibl, M.C., Rehaag, R., Schramm, E., Voß, 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.010

Jahn, T., & Keil, F. (2015). An actor-specific guideline for quality assurance in transdisciplinary research. Futures, 65, 195–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2014.10.015

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), 117–132. 10.1093/reseval/rvt031

Jacobs, J. A. (2013). In defense of disciplines : interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university. University 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), 4614–4636. https://edu.nl/aaj3b

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