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NOVEMBER 2019
NEWS FROM TD-NET


Save the Date: Higher Education Summit 2020 (#HES2020)
31 August - 2 September 2020, Berne, Switzerland
How can we assure quality and transformative learning for sustainable development? 
We invite lecturers and researchers at higher education institutions, experts in professional development in higher education, managers of higher education institutions, experts in quality assurance, student activists, and civil society actors to save the date for a thought-provoking international event in Berne, Switzerland, from 31 August – 2 September 2020. The event is co-organised by the > COPERNICUS Alliance, > saguf, the University of Bern, the > University of Lausanne and > td-net
The first day will feature the joint td-net and TA-Swiss annual ITD-CH conference, as well as other parallel meetings of the various networks that will be convening. The second and third days will consist of a jointly developed programme. Read more

Einladung zu einer Fachtagung
24. März 2020, Technische Universität Berlin, Deutschland
Die Fachtagung "Transdisziplinarität als institutionelle Herausforderung für Universitäten" richtet sich an Personen, die sich über Erfahrungen mit der Institutionalisierung von TD in universitären Strukturen austauschen bzw. sich über entsprechende Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen informieren möchten. Herzlich willkommen sind ausserdem Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Fördermittelgebern oder Stiftungen bzw. von Bundes- oder Landesministerien, die entsprechende Initiativen von Universitäten unterstützen.
Die Anmeldung steht ab dem 15. November 2019 online zur Verfügung, mit der Möglichkeit, Erfahrungen auf einem Poster im Format "Marktplatz" darzustellen.

Reminder: Invitation for participation - Call for application
Learning Case Workshop, 14/15 May 2020, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Intersections or reconfigurations? – Arts & Humanities integration in inter- and transdisciplinary research
The workshop is part of the project > SHAPE-ID, where td-net is involved as partner. Shape-ID is addressing the challenge of improving interdisciplinary cooperation between the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) and Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as well as other disciplines. > Read more

NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Neues Karriereförderungsinstrument
Im Rahmen eines einjährigen Pilotprojekts will der > SNF mit Practice–to–Science-Beiträgen die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der anwendungsorientierten Forschung fördern. Die Beiträge richten sich an Expertinnen und Experten mit ausgewiesener Praxiserfahrung, die als Assistenzprofessorin/-professor an eine Fachhochschule oder Pädagogische Hochschule zurückkehren möchten. Es handelt sich um befristete Anstellungen mit Qualifikations- bzw. Entfristungsmöglichkeit. Die erste Ausschreibung von Practice-to-Science erfolgt Mitte Januar 2020. > Mehr erfahren

New contributions to the i2Insights blog
Want to learn more about motivations for becoming transdisciplinary? Interested in how to manage power in participatory research? How about the role of persistence in influencing policy? Or creative writing as a journey into the unknown unknown? > Find out more

New issue of the i2S News
The September/October i2S News features the Delphi method and collaborative conceptual modelling. The News also provides information about the journal "Decision Analysis" and the professional associations "International Society for Knowledge" and "Systems Sciences" and "ITD Alliance". Three upcoming conferences on deep uncertainty, impact assessment and team science are also featured. > Find out more

Save the Date: 2. Schweizer Landschaftskongress
Am 2. Schweizer Landschaftskongress vom 19. bis 20. Oktober 2020 in Lausanne geht es um Grenzen – im Raum und in den Köpfen. Mit einem «Dialog über Grenzen hinweg» werden während zwei Tagen Grenzen überwunden und damit die Zusammenarbeit für die gemeinsame Weiterentwicklung der Landschaft angeregt. > Mehr erfahren

CALLS 
International Science of Team Science Conference: Call for Abstracts
The SciTS2020 Program Committee is pleased to announce its open call for abstracts for the 2020 Conference in Durham, North Carolina! This year’s conference will be hosted by Duke University and the Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute, and will be held 1-4 June, 2020 at the Durham Convention Center in historic and vibrant Downtown Durham. Read more

Wege transformativer Forschung: Zielorientierung und Indikatoren
Das Projekt > Systeminnovation für Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Hochschule Darmstadt plant das tF-Symposium „Wege transformativer Forschung: Zielorientierung und Indikatoren“ am 19. März 2020, um über die Herausforderung der fortlaufenden Zielorientierung sowie der Auswahl von geeigneten Indikatoren in transformativen Forschungs- und Transfervorhaben zu diskutieren und sucht Beiträge zu folgender Fragestellung: Wie gelingt es, in transformativen Forschungs- und Transfervorhaben die jeweiligen Ziele Nachhaltiger Entwicklung zu formulieren und mit Indikatoren zu hinterlegen. Begrüsst werden vor insbesondere disziplinübergreifende Beiträge. > Mehr erfahren

Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences
The International Social Science Journal is calling for papers for a special issue on inter- and transdisciplinary research in Social Sciences. This issue focuses on what can be learnt from the collaborative experiences, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation, methodological innovations and theoretical development. Authors will specifically search for “sites for change” in terms of spaces, practices and learnings where transdisciplinary research and co-production play a crucial role. Read more

Project grants for pluri-disciplinary teams in international studies
The > Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) offers project grants for pluri-disciplinary teams in international studies according to the following definitions: Research in international studies concerns issues that are pluri-disciplinary, relevant to the international agenda, and for which international cooperation is required to produce policy-relevant outputs. Investigated issues may combine political, economic, social, environmental, historical, legal, health, scientific, and development dimensions of complex societal questions. The submission deadline for pre-proposals is on 15 January, 2020. Read more

Social Science Research Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries
A special issue of the International Social Science Journal calls for papers that engage in assessing social science research system in Low and Middle-Income Countries, specifically on weaknesses, shortcomings and successes to developing social science research. > Read more

New transdisciplinary book series on Global Epistemics
Global Epistemics is a transdisciplinary book series established in partnership with the Centre for Global Knowledge Studies (gloknos) based at the University of Cambridge, that aims to foster, promote, and disseminate empirically grounded and theoretically ambitious research on knowledge as a cultural and natural phenomenon. The series is welcoming empirically grounded and intellectually robust contributions. > Read more

NEW EVENTS
18. November 2019, Zürich (CH)
> Projektatelier zu Citizen Science-Projekten

 21 November, 2019, Berne (CH)
> Seminar series "Creative problem solving in health science

26. November 2019, Leipzig (D)
Fachkonferenz "Integrierte Forschung"

10-12 February, 2020, Annapolis (US)
> Workshop "People, Land, and Ecosystems: Leveraging NEON for Socio-Environmental Synthesis"

10-13 February, 2020, Geneva (CH)
Module interdisciplinary PhD school  "Interdisciplinary research: approaches and methods"

18-21 March, 2020, Geneva (CH)
> Workshop "Art of Participatory Leadership"

25-29 May, 2020, Witzenhausen (D)
> Intensive training course "Participatory video facilitation for socially inclusive agricultural research"

1-11 June, 2020, Annapolis (US)
> Annual short course "Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data"

PUBLICATIONS

Bammer, G. (2019): What makes a researcher transdisciplinary? A framework to identifiy expertise. 

Fritz, L. (2019): Participation-effect pathways in transdisciplinary sustainability research: An empirical analysis of researchers’ and practitioners’ perceptions using a systems approach. > Read more

Hook, D. (2019): The Open Tide – How openness in research and communication is becoming the default setting. > Read more

Kondo, Y. et al. (2019): Interlinking open science and community-based participatory research for socio-environmental issues. > Read more

Lux, A. et al. (2019): Societal effects of transdisciplinary sustainability research - How can they be strengthened during the research process? > Read more

Ott, C. (2019): Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft/Nachhaltigkeitsgouvernanz. In: Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär. Konzepte und Diskurse nachhaltiger Zukunftsgestaltung in Medien, Politik und Fachdisziplinen. > Read more

Teplitskiy, M. et al. (2019): Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? Field Experimental Evidence from Scientific Peer Review. > Read more

van der Gaast, K. et al. (eds) (2019): Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies. > Read more

Zähringer, J. (2019): A Case for Transdisciplinarity. > Read more
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