701-0015-00L Transdisciplinary Research: Challenges of Interdisciplinarity and Stakeholder Engagement
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2017 |
| Dozierende | M. Stauffacher, C. E. Pohl |
| Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
| Lehrsprache | Englisch |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This seminar is designed for PhD students and PostDoc researchers from all departments involved in inter- or transdisciplinary research. It addresses challenges of this kind of research and discusses these using scientific literature presenting case studies, concepts, theories, methods and tools. It concludes with a 10-step approach to make participants' research projects more societally relevant. |
| Lernziel | Participants know specific challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary research. They know concepts and methods to tackle questions like: how to integrate knowledge from different disciplines, how to engage with other societal actors, how to secure broader impact of research? They learn to critically reflect their research project in its societal context and on their role as scientists. |
| Inhalt | The seminar covers the following topics: (1) Theories and concepts of inter- and transdisciplinary research (2) The specific challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary research (3) Collaborating disciplines (4) Engaging with stakeholders (5) Exploration of tools and methods (6) 10 steps to make participants' research projects more societally relevant |
| Literatur | Literature will be made available to the participants |
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Participation in the course requires participants to be working on their own research project. |