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Transdisciplinarity: Context, contradictions and capacity

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Russell, A. Wendy, Wickson, Fern, Carew, Anna L.·2008·Futures
DOI 10.1016/j.futures.2007.10.005
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Transdisciplinarity has been proposed as a response to the shifting knowledge landscape in contemporary society. It promises to bring universities and other knowledge organisations into line with new demands and opportunities. In this study, we have investigated drivers of change in the shifting landscape, and note disparate drivers that plot different courses for transdisciplinarity. We describe three drivers: ‘the knowledge economy’, ‘the environmental imperative’ and ‘the engaged populace’. We discuss their different prescriptions for transdisciplinary knowledge production and contradictions that arise from these, including tensions between consolidation and interconnection, and between knowledge commodification and mutual learning. In response, we suggest that rather than investing in knowledge ‘products’, universities should focus on developing capacity for transdisciplinarity, and for knowledge production generally.

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Authors
Russell, A. W., Wickson, F., & Carew, A. L.
Venue
Futures
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-06
Volume
40
Issue
5
Pages
460-472
ISSN
0016-3287 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.futures.2007.10.005
OpenAlex
W1992223599
Cited by
242
References
3
FWCI
11.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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