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 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
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
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
