Workshop Report edu_ITA #8, Mexico
Scholars and educators of the Sustainability Science study program of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) have engaged intensively in revising and advancing inter- and transdisciplinary teaching, supervision and research-based learning formats in the program Posgrado en Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad. Find out more about the workshop and learn from others (in Spanish). → more
13/03/24
LIRA 2023 Africa Final Evaluation Report is out!
The Responsive Research Collective and partners evaluated the LIRA 2023 Africa programme of the International Science Council with 28 transdisciplinary projects implemented across Africa. LIRA 2030 made a significant difference to enhancing the capacity for transdisciplinary sustainability research and in improving unsustainable situations in urban Africa and is a highly valuabe source for others to learn from. → more
22/11/23
Difference as Resource
How to mobilise and bring into fruition difference in inter- and transdisciplinary teams? A contribution by Ulli Vilsmaier on difference as resource published in the volume Transferwissenschaften: Mode oder Mehrwert? (eds.: Kiprijanov, Philipp and Roelcke) provides conceptual and methodological insights (in German). → more
27/09/23
Handbook Transdisciplinary Learning
The handbook provides a series of articles on issues related to transdisciplinary learning. Find contributions of the Responsive Research Collective on Transformative Learning, Embodied Learning, Design Thinking, Boundary Work, Indigenous Knowledge and an overview article on Transdisciplinarity (open access). → more
26/08/23
Dr. Thenjiwe E. Major new President of RRA
We are delight to announce that Dr. Thenjiwe E. Major has taken over the position of President of the Responsive Research Association. Thenjiwe is an Indigenous educator and philosopher based at University of Botswana with strong expertise in indigenizing and decolonizing higher education, research and evaluation. → more
03/08/23
Special Issue on Decolonizing Evaluation
Bagele Chilsa and Nicole R. Bowman have edited a special issue on Decolonizing Evaluation: Towards a Fifth Paradigm. This outstanding collection of contributions provides profound insights into the decolonization discourse and practices of decolonization. → more
01/08/23
Interdisciplinary Excellence Symposium Cairo
Since 2021, the Responsive Research Collective contributes to advance university transformations towards inter- and transdisciplinarity in Egypt. The Interdisciplinary Excellence Symposium 2023, held on 11st of May, celebrated more than 50 participants who completed the Interdisciplinary Educational Design Program, conducted by Ulli Vilsmaier for → KnowledgeE, Dubai and → the Egyptian Knowledge Bank/Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
14/05/23
Creating and evaluating equitable research partnerships: from inception to impact.
The Responsive Research Collective hosted a workshop for the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Coutries (Switzerland). Together with colleagues from University of York, we introduced formative accompanying research and evaluation as a framework to learn to decolonize collaborating. → more
13/04/23
Training in organizational development and consultancy
Congratulations! Esther Meyer completed her training with ComoConsult in Berlin in organizational development and consultancy, based on Gestalt and systems theory. She will bring that knowledge and experience to accompany research groups and organisational development processes in creative ways. → more
20/03/23
Seminar: Inter- y Transdiscipliarity in Action (edu_ITA#7)
We continue our series to support inter- and transdisciplinarity at Latin American universities. From August 4-5, 2022, the seminar Diseñando y fortaleciendo programas y cursos de posgrado inter- y transdisciplinarios will be conducted in Montevideo in cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Space of the University of the Republic Uruguay. → more (in Spanish)
14/07/22
Being methodologically agile
A new paper on methodological agility in transdisciplinary research by John van Breda is out now. It provides insights into a new meta-level research strategy of switching between mono-, multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinarity. → more
14/07/22
Td Summer School 2022
After a three-year break and a global pandemic, the Td Summer School: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science · Society Interface is back! The Td Summer School 2022 will be conducted between September 4-9 in Vienna, Austria in collaboration with UniNEtZ Austria and University of Applied Arts Vienna. → more
31/05/22
Explore, Engage, Empower! Insights into a transformative mixed-methods design
The latest paper by Livia Fritz, Ulli Vilsmaier and Colleagues provides insight into mixing qualitative, quantitative and transformative methods. Research has been conducted during the first Covid-19 related lockdown. The paper reflects these particular conditions of urgency and collective experience. → more
30/05/22
New paper on Design Thinking in digital environments
Design Thinking as digital transformative pedagogy in higher sustainability education: cases from Japan and Germany by Sadaf Taimur and Motoharu Onuki. The authors explore how transformative learning can be achieved in digital environments. → more
28/05/22
Congratulations to Dr. Katie Ross!
Her outstanding dissertation, Transforming the Ways We Create Change: Experiencing and Cultivating Transformative Sustainability Learning received the 2022 Patricia Cranton Distinguished Dissertation Award, which recognizes exemplary scholarly work that contributes to the transdisciplinary field of transformative learning. You can find and read more about Dr. Ross's research → here.
26/04/22
Cultural hegemony and transdisciplinarity
What are the reasons for resistance to transdisciplinary research and education? And what insights can Antonio Gramsci, one of the founders of the Italian Communist party in the early 20th Century, offer? Blog post of Livia Fritz, Ulli Vilsmaier and Dena Fam is now online at I2Inights → read
03/03/22
Interdisciplinary Excellence Program 2021 — Egypt
Ulli Vilsmaier and Dena Fam consulting for the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education through KnowledgeE in a National Interdisciplinary Excellence Program by providing a workshop series over 3 months, involving 30 scholars from 14 public universities across Egypt.
03/03/2022
The new volume of the series ‚Construyendo lo Común‘ of our Mexican colleagues is out now!
Read more about Investigación transdisciplinaria e investigación-acción participativa. Conocimiento y acción para la transformación (Merçon 2021, in Spanish) → here
08/01/22
Re-visiting Gramsci's concept of hegemony
Dena Fam, Ulli Vilsmaier, Livia Fritz and Juliana Merçon have been exploring the concept of hegemony in the work of Antonio Gramsci during a 3 month fellowship at TU-Berlin. First insights have been shared during a webinar.
Find the summary → here
08/01/22
Learning from Paulo Freire for inter- and transdisciplinarity
The Special Issue in the Journal of Development Studies XXXVI(3) on Methods for inter- and transdisciplinary Research and Learning based on Paulo Freire is now available open access → here
You can also find a short summary of the Special Issue on → youtube
08/01/22
Intervention spaces for university transformation (Talk)
The key-note of Ulli Vilsmaier and Dena Fam on Espacios de intervención: Transformar las universidades hacia instituciones inter y transdisciplinarias dinámicas y relacionales, held at Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Investigación y Educación Superior Interdisciplinaria, UNAM, México, is now online (in Spanish) → talk
08/01/22
