Learning about transdisciplinarity: Where are we? Where have we been? Where should we go?
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Scholz, a social scientist and decision theorist interested in theoretical basics, and Marks, a systems engineer with experience in real-world problem solving, offer insights on the epistemology, methodology, organization, societal and professional-practice dimensions of transdisciplinarity. Transdisciplinarity represents a move from science on/about society towards science for/with society. Their detailed recommendations include more work on theory, standards of quality, and creating strong institutional frameworks. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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The idea to introduce transdisciplinary research institutions was already suggested at the Zürich 2000 transdisciplinarity conference under the label 'Transdisciplinarity Colleges'.
“The idea to introduce such institutions has already been suggested at the Zürich 2000 transdisciplinarity conference under the label “Transdisciplinarity Colleges” (Scholz and Marks 2001).”
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- Authors
- Scholz, R. W., & Marks, D.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- ORCID
- Scholz, Roland W.
- Venue
- Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem Solving among Science, Technology, and Society
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 236-252
- OpenAlex
- W201093207
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 23.43
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Birkhäuser Basel eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Social Science and Policy Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Research, Science, and Academia
- Keywords
- transdisciplinarity, science and society, research methodology, institutional framework, quality standards, professional practice, systems engineering, decision theory
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