Transdisciplinarity: two preliminary issues

On Transdisciplinarity

In my contribution on “Science as Utopia” at the Preparatory Meeting last year, I touched upon the concept of transdisciplinarity, pointing to the fact that research is moving beyond its disciplinary limits. Let me add a few remarks and observations to this concept. In the course of a long institutional route, our academic system has become disturbingly unfathomable.1 This is the case not only ...

Transdisciplinarity Needs Systemism

The main message of this paper is that systemism is best suited for transdisciplinary studies. A description of disciplinary sciences, transdisciplinary sciences and systems sciences is given, along with their different definitions of aims, scope and tools. The rationale for transdisciplinarity is global challenges, which are complex. The rationale for systemism is the concretization of underst...

Transdisciplinarity through structured dialogue

The 1st World Congress on Transdisciplinarity was held near Lisbon from 2-6 November 1994. The event was organized with the support of the Portuguese National Commission of UNESCO, the Transdisciplinarity Study Group for UNESCO, and the International University of Lisbon, under the auspices of the Centre International de Recherches et d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires (CIRET, Paris). UNESCO, the Cou...

Mapping Transdisciplinarity in Human Sciences

This article sets out to present a fundamental orientation matrix for human sciences, which makes it possible to improve and structure the transdisciplinary discussion and learning process. Some of the basic concepts of the matrix are exemplified with results from the psychology of gender differences.

Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization