Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process

Pohl, C; Klein, JT; Hoffmann, S; Mitchell, C; Fam, D

Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process

Pohl, C Klein, JT Hoffmann, S Mitchell, C

Fam, D

Permalink

Publisher:: Elsevier
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environmental Science and Policy, 2021, 118, pp. 18-26
Issue Date:: 2021-04-01

Open Access

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Open Access

This item is open access.

Adobe PDF

Download Published versionAdobe PDF (2.61 MB)

View on publisher's site

View statistics

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Pohl, C
dc.contributor.author	Klein, JT
dc.contributor.author	Hoffmann, S
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, C https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-540X
dc.contributor.author	Fam, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-5034
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-13T22:52:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-13T22:52:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental Science and Policy, 2021, 118, pp. 18-26
dc.identifier.issn	1462-9011
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6416
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151564
dc.description.abstract	Integration is a key process in transdisciplinary research and knowledge co-production. Nonetheless, it is often used as a buzzword without specifying what exactly it means or what actually happens during integration. We propose conceptualizing integration as a multidimensional interactive process. We characterize it as an open-ended learning process without pre-determined outcomes. Integration designates relations established throughout a transdisciplinary research process between elements that were not previously related. Those elements are participants in the process and their thought-styles and thought-collectives and more specifically pieces of knowledge, ideas, or practices from different thought-collectives as well as views of individual researchers and practitioners. Integration can happen at manifold instances of a transdisciplinary research process. It can take place among two, several, or all participants and can be one-sided or mutual. It might include insights, practices, frameworks, or concepts shared by two, several, or all participants. Consensus is only one along with other ways of retaining plurality of thought-styles and seeing integration as a balance between them that remains subject to continuous revision. To analyse or achieve effective integration, further dimensions beyond the cognitive have to be taken into account including at least an emotional and a social-interactional dimension.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Environmental Science and Policy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.envsci.2020.12.005
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	05 Environmental Sciences, 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 16 Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	118
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences
utslib.for	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.consider-herdc	false
dc.date.updated	2021-11-13T22:52:43Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	118

Abstract:

Integration is a key process in transdisciplinary research and knowledge co-production. Nonetheless, it is often used as a buzzword without specifying what exactly it means or what actually happens during integration. We propose conceptualizing integration as a multidimensional interactive process. We characterize it as an open-ended learning process without pre-determined outcomes. Integration designates relations established throughout a transdisciplinary research process between elements that were not previously related. Those elements are participants in the process and their thought-styles and thought-collectives and more specifically pieces of knowledge, ideas, or practices from different thought-collectives as well as views of individual researchers and practitioners. Integration can happen at manifold instances of a transdisciplinary research process. It can take place among two, several, or all participants and can be one-sided or mutual. It might include insights, practices, frameworks, or concepts shared by two, several, or all participants. Consensus is only one along with other ways of retaining plurality of thought-styles and seeing integration as a balance between them that remains subject to continuous revision. To analyse or achieve effective integration, further dimensions beyond the cognitive have to be taken into account including at least an emotional and a social-interactional dimension.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151564