International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
IZNE represented several times at the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2024
The International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE) conducts research for a socially, ecologically and economically more sustainable future with its four main research areas. Trans- and interdisciplinarity is another important focus, as the exchange and cooperation with other disciplines and practitioners often contributes to finding decisive solutions through different perspectives and drives research.
The ITD Alliance's International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2024 in Utrecht offers a special platform for this trans- and interdisciplinary exchange: educational institutions, researchers, practitioners and students from all over the world come together to discuss their expertise and findings in the field of inter- and transdisciplinarity (ITD).
Vortrag: Ivory tower or transdisciplinarity?
Prof. Dr. Katja Bender and Dr. Sebastian Heinen talk about attitudes and preferences of German scientists towards knowledge transfer and co-production.
Many German non-university research organizations - especially institutes of the Max Planck Society, the Fraunhofer Society, the Leibniz Association and the Helmholtz Association - have a long tradition of collaborative knowledge production and transdisciplinary research. However, research disciplines and methods, organizational approaches and individual mindsets vary widely between and within the four organizations, making it particularly difficult to create incentives for research teams to address current challenges through the joint production of actionable knowledge with practice partners from the public and private sectors. In order to better design these incentives, we measure the preferences of scientists in these large German research institutions with regard to collaboration with practitioners and develop recommendations for science policy based on these findings.
The study was conducted as part of the KLUGER Transfer project.
Panel discussion: Good practices in funding transdisciplinary research for sustainable development in Africa
Dr. Eefje Aarnoudse will lead the panel discussion “Good practices in funding transdisciplinary research for sustainable development in Africa”, which will focus on best practices in funding transdisciplinary research in a global North-South cooperation context. Panelists will discuss what innovative measures funders have introduced to enable a transdisciplinary research approach and what needs to be done to further disseminate such measures in funding programs.
The panel discussion will provide an opportunity to take stock of the new perspectives on funding practices developed in the previous workshops in the framework of the INTERFACES project and to address a broad audience interested in transdisciplinary research (TDR) in a global North-South cooperation context.
The discussion partners are:
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Meed Mbidzo, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Maria Restrepo, DITSL
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Dirk Schories, DLR Projektträger
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Cory Whitney, University of Bonn
„I see this panel discussion as a first step towards consolidating the recommendations from the two workshops held with German and African stakeholders as part of the INTERFACES project and discussing them with a wider audience during the panel discussion and through the networking opportunities at the conference. I am very grateful for the willingness of the panelists to participate in the conference and promote dialog on this topic.”
Dr. Eefje Aarnoudse, Research assistant at the International Center of Sustainable Development (IZNE)
Panel discussion: How can research funding programmes enhance transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge?
Dr. Eefje Aarnoudse will also contribute to the panel “How can research funding programs enhance transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge?” by reporting on the workshops on TDR funding within the INTERFACES project and highlighting promising approaches for funding transdisciplinary research in the Global South.
Paper on transdisciplinary research on sustainable development in Africa
Contact
Katja Bender
Professor of Economics, esp. Economic & Social Development, Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Head MBA CSR & NGO Management, Deputy president European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
G 045
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9660
Eefje Aarnoudse
Research associate 'Responsible Economy and Natural Resources'
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
G 033
Address
Grantham-Alle 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
G031
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9699Contact Point
Contact International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)