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In developing a conference, what does it take for people to leave their comfort zones to co-design something new? What possibilities does this open up for more meaningful conference designs? What are the broader lessons for transformative research?

Motivated by productive events during the ITD24 conference in Utrecht, the ITD Alliance Integration Experts and Expertise Working Group is now focused on three concrete output-oriented projects led by new co-leaders and a fourth project in formation. See the Integration Experts and Expertise web page for details on the projects and how to get involved.  

The SNSF celebrates 50 years of National Research Programmes and gives some updates on four of these programmes:

• for the NRP 81 on "Baukultur" project portraits have been published

• for the NRP 82 for transdisciplinary biodiversity research 15 projects have been selected

• the NRP 83 on Gender Medicine and Health is newly illustrated by a project landscape

• for the NRP 84 on Plant Breeding Innovation brief descrpitions of 11 projects have been published

SHARED GREEN DEAL is hosting a series of short online coffee talks exploring how community-based social experiments can inform, challenge, and strengthen the implementation of the European Green Deal. Across five thematic sessions, leading researchers will share insights from 24 experiments across Europe, emphasising different perspectives in social sciences and humanities (SSH) priority themes and their relevance for implementing the Green Deal. Each coffee talk, taking place from 10 to 10.30 AM CET on every Thursday in October, is paired with the release of ananalytical report from the researchers, which offers an evidence base for researchers, policymakers, NGOs, practitioners, and communities interested in building a fairer and more inclusive transition.

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from authors across all disciplines and sectors. Our inaugural issue is free to read for the rest of the year.
Our editorial team is led by Co-Editors in Chief Su-Ming Khoo, Harriet Shortt and Sophie Woodward, with Helen Kara as Consulting Editor.
Read our aims and scope and instructions for authors to learn more about publishing in this innovative new journal. 

In this article, we discuss why transdisciplinary research is more relevant than ever, and why industry and academia should be working together. What are its interests and challenges, and what is the roadmap to follow for your next transdisciplinary research project?

The One Health approach proposes to extend the recognition of the ecosystem-animal-human interconnection into professional actions, aiming at sustainably maintaining health in the broadest sense.

We are delighted to announce that the CAS One Health programme will officially launch in September 2025. Note that there are still a few places available for certain individual modules.

The saguf is launching its own podcast channel! Inside Sustainability Interfaces provides inspiration for scientists and other actors reflecting on sustainability, transformation, and the role of science in society. Members of saguf share insights from inter- and transdisciplinary research. The first episode was released at the end of August.

Is artificial intelligence, a technology aggressively advertised as the ultimate cure-all, fundamentally incompatible with transdisciplinarity and its decades-old insight that the “wicked” problems of the real world do not lend themselves to one-dimensional solutions? Should transdisciplinary research outright reject a technology that is already undermining efforts to achieve social and environmental justice? Or can artificial intelligence actually support transdisciplinary research when used responsibly?

Mountain Research and Development Vol 45, No 2 available online and open access

Articles in this issue examine how pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes adapt to include temporary labor migration; define and analyze interface areas between mountains and lowlands as a new category for spatial planning in the European Alps; propose sustainability principles for trail running in Romania; explore climate challenges to off-piste skiing and possible adaptation pathways in France; and present the 30-year history of the ForumAlpinum conference series in the European Alps.

The fifth edition of SSH Energy, held in June 2025 and organized by the CSTS Group (TdLab, ETH Zurich), brought together researchers, modellers and practitioners to share perspectives on the societal implications, discourses, and transformation processes driving a more sustainable and equitable energy system. Framed within the SWEET CoSi project, the 1.5-day workshop featured a keynote, paper and poster presentations, micro-workshops, a stakeholder-focused workshop and roundtable on Living Labs. SSH Energy 2025 fostered an open, vibrant atmosphere, a space to connect, challenge assumptions, and co-reflect across disciplines.

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from authors across all disciplines and sectors. We see creative methods as a field where researchers are thinking, questioning, or approaching research in a creative way, drawing from creative disciplines and practices, or extending these to other disciplines which have not traditionally foregrounded creative practices.

Mehr Fahrradabstellplätze in der Stadt, besser auf den konkreten Bedarf angepasste Takte bei Bussen und Straßenbahnen, ein außerstädtisches Park & Ride-System und insgesamt mehr Barrierefreiheit: Das sind nur ein paar Empfehlungen aus dem umfangreichen Maßnahmenpaket, von dem sich der Zukunftsrat – Würzburgs erster Bürger:innenrat – mehr Gerechtigkeit in der Mobilität in Würzburg verspricht.

Nach mehreren Treffen und intensiven Beratungen haben die Mitglieder des Rats ihre Empfehlungen jetzt an Würzburgs Oberbürgermeister Martin Heilig überreicht. Demnächst wollen sie die Ergebnisse ihrer Beratungen auch noch den Mitgliedern des Stadtrats vorstellen.

The programme of the International Creative Research Methods Conference and information on the keynote speakers Jacqueline Priego & Amanda Taylor-Beswick are now online. The confernece will take place on 8th and 9th September in Manchester, UK.

The Swiss National Research Programme NRP 82 has selected 15 research projects with a strong transdisciplinary approach, engaging scientists, NGOs, public authorities, and societal stakeholders. Chosen from 84 initial proposals, the projects address diverse themes such as sustainable wetland management, biodiversity education, urban nature, and legal aspects of species migration in the Alps. With a total budget of CHF 11.2 million, NRP 82 aims to strengthen biodiversity and ecosystem services in Switzerland by fostering collaboration across science and practice: