Practicing what we preach: Reflections on the pros and cons of transdisciplinary research in Erongarícuaro, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C. Pischke ◽  
Lucía Pérez Volkow ◽  
Mayra Fragoso-Medina ◽  
Laura Aguirre franco
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
American Institute ◽  
Socioecological Systems ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Young Researchers

In November 2016, a group of students from the Americas participated in an Inter-American Institute for Global Change Researchfunded two-week course organized by professors from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The aim was to teach students and young researchers how to collaborate with non-scientists to conduct socioecological systems research in a transdisciplinary manner. This article will review the benefits as well as the challenges to doing so. It concludes with recommendations that other research teams can follow when conducting similar research that crosses disciplinary and international borders.

Pros and cons of transdisciplinary research: A case study of Swedish lawns and their sustainable alternatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 126799
Author(s):  
M. Ignatieva ◽  
F. Eriksson ◽  
T. Eriksson ◽  
T. Kätterer ◽  
P. Tidåker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Pros And Cons

Establishing Academic-Industry Partnerships

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber L. Lancaster ◽  
Dave Yeats
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Curriculum And Pedagogy ◽  
Real World Application ◽  
Industry Partnerships ◽  
Collaboration Process

Emphasizing a transdisciplinary research model for distributed usability testing, this article offers a case study for establishing successful academic-industry partnerships. The authors describe the collaboration process between the co-investigators in this partnership: the UX researchers, the user participants, and the stakeholders at the industry company. The authors explain how they used the transdisciplinary research model to write a winning proposal for collaboration and then highlight how the benefits of a transdisciplinary research model were realized in practice. The implications of the authors' findings support developing UX curriculum and pedagogy in ways that emphasize real-world application tied to transdisciplinary research teams and formal, distributed usability testing.

scholarly journals Nurse scientists overcoming challenges to lead transdisciplinary research teams

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 352-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn M. Kneipp ◽  
Donna Gilleskie ◽  
Amanda Sheely ◽  
Todd Schwartz ◽  
Robert M. Gilmore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Teams

scholarly journals The Collaboration Readiness of Transdisciplinary Research Teams and Centers

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. S161-S172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara L. Hall ◽  
Daniel Stokols ◽  
Richard P. Moser ◽  
Brandie K. Taylor ◽  
Mark D. Thornquist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Collaboration Readiness

Novel (Multilevel) Focus Group Training for a Transdisciplinary Research Consortium

2019 ◽  
pp. 152483991987572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeni Hebert-Beirne ◽  
Lisa Kane Low ◽  
Kathryn L. Burgio ◽  
Cecilia T. Hardacker ◽  
Deepa R. Camenga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Training Approach ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Research Consortium ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Life Course

Health researchers are increasingly turning to qualitative research for a nuanced understanding of complex health phenomena. The quality and rigor of qualitative research relies on individual data collector skills, yet few guidelines exist for training multidisciplinary, multi-institution qualitative research teams. Specific guidance is needed on qualitative research practices that ensure scientific rigor by optimizing diverse experience and expertise across research centers. We describe our systematic approach to training a cohort of 15 focus group moderators from seven universities in the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium’s Study of Habits, Attitudes, Realities, and Experiences (SHARE). SHARE’s aim was to explore women and girls’ experiences, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors related to bladder health and function across the life course. Drawing on adult education and action-learning best practices, a three-phase curriculum was designed to maximize moderator proficiency and qualitative research expertise. The phases involved online, interactive web-based education, in-person didactic training with experiential components, and tailored supplemental online training. Evaluative feedback was collected before, during, and after the training. Feedback was used to identify emergent training needs. This training approach may be used by transdisciplinary research teams conducting multisite research to assure qualitative research credibility and trustworthiness.

scholarly journals How to Move Towards a Common Understanding of Progress? A Transdisciplinary Exercise Involving 10 Young Researchers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Anneleen Kiekens ◽  
Jan Rongé ◽  
Sarah Van Eynde ◽  
Sam Cleymans ◽  
Dries Daems ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Career Research ◽  
Postdoctoral Researchers ◽  
Full Day ◽  
Common Understanding ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Young Researchers

Abstract Early career (doctoral and postdoctoral) researchers often lack experience with transdisciplinary research despite their interest in tackling societal challenges with colleagues. Engagement in transdisciplinary research may not be an obvious choice because of limited support from their academic environment, difficulties of publishing, or a lack of suitable methods. In this work, we focus on the last. In order to evaluate several possible methodologies, we brought together a group of 10 young researchers from various disciplines to consider the question ‘What is progress?’. They examined this question via essay writing, a workshop, and a full-day colloquium, using methods that were based on examples from literature. After this process, input from the participants was gathered by means of a survey. Here, we provide an evaluation of existing methods and introduce four new methods: orientation exercise, census, individual reflection, walking consensus. Our results show that such a transdisciplinary exercise can readily be performed by a group of young researchers if the process is methodologically well structured, opening up opportunities for integrating such transdisciplinary insights in early career research.

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