Many disciplines are wrought with high levels of uncertainty and many unknowns including transdisciplinary design. Hence, to achieve some advancement within a discipline, we must provide aids in achieving mitigation of complexity and increasing understanding. We achieve this by investigating beyond the boundaries of the existing discipline’s design concepts. This means stretching the boundaries...

Welcome to this special issue on transdisciplinary approaches to urban computing. Let us begin by discussing the two titular terms, transdisciplinarity and urban computing, and the reasons these two topics are so closely entwined. Transdisciplinarity as a term is, of course, built from the Latin word trāns, meaning “on the other side of,” and discipline, referring to scientific disciplines. In ...

Opinion article + supporting information Charles D. Brummitt1,2, Paul D. H. Hines3, Ian Dobson4, Cristopher Moore5, and Raissa M. D’Souza2,5,6 1Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA 2Complexity Sciences Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA 3School of Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 USA 4ECpE Department, Iowa State Univ...

bstract: Teams of scientists representing diverse disciplines are often brought together for purposes of better understanding and, ultimately, resolving urgent public health and environmental problems. Likewise, the emerging field of the science of team science draws on diverse disciplinary perspectives to better understand and enhance the processes and outcomes of scientific collaboration. In ...

This article presents a curriculum model that emphasizes the development of transdisciplinary teaming skills for therapeutic recreation students and students from other related services professions. While health care professionals are often required to work in teams, professional preparation programs provide limited instruction and few experiences that prepare graduates for truly collaborative ...

This paper offers a conceptual framework for establishing a science of transdisciplinary action research. Lewin's (1951) concept of action research highlights the scientific and societal value of translating psychological research into community problem-solving strategies. Implicit in Lewin's formulation is the importance of achieving effective collaboration among behavioral researchers, commun...

N and social scientists addressing complex ecological problems increasingly recognize the value of one another’s research, and often seek multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary approaches to investigate real-world issues. A multidisciplinary approach involves researchers from two or more disciplines working collaboratively on a common problem, without modifying disciplinary ...