Network for Transdisciplinary Research td-net
Two decades of transdisciplinarity in Switzerland: Past, present, future
Switzerland has been a stronghold of transdisciplinarity in the past decades, thanks in particular to saguf and td-net. td-net’s 20 years anniversary is an opportunity to recall the past and look ahead.
by Theres Paulsen, Christoph Küffer
The Network for Transdisciplinary Research (td-net) of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences1 celebrated its 20th anniversary on 24 August, 2023 at the National theatre in Bern (National Bern). We take this opportunity to review the history of inter- and transdisciplinarity (ITD) in the past 20 years in Switzerland and, inspired by the discussions at the anniversary symposium, we look ahead: what is the current state of ITD and what are new challenges and opportunities?
Actor constellation - td-net toolbox profile 2 Pohl, C. 2020
This publication describes the actor constellation and is part of a series of tools and methods compiled in the td-net toolbox for co-producing knowledge. Actor constellation is a role-play for identifying the relevance of various involved actors for tackling a specific research question.
Three types of knowledge - td-net toolbox profile 19 Pohl, C. 2022
This publication describes the toolbox dialogue approach and is part of a series of tools and methods compiled in the td-net toolbox for co-producing knowledge. The toolbox approach is a tool to uncover implicit assumptions and shared understandings of scientific disciplines and to oppose them to the thought styles of other disciplines.