Regeer B.J., Klaassen P., Broerse J.E.W. (2024) Transdisciplinarity for Transformation: Responding to Societal Challenges Through Multi-actor, Reflexive Practices. Palgrave McMilan. ISBN 978-3-031-60974-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60974-9

What are the courses and/or degree programs where you are currently incorporating some transdisciplinary teaching practices?

MPH and PhD in Global Health. At the MPH level a course on “Health in Detention” and at the PhD level courses on “Seminars in Transdisciplinary Inquiry” and to a lesser extend “Seminars in Global Health Ethics”.

Which of the following are you currently implementing?

Please describe anything else that you are doing to implement transdisciplinary education and training:

I am a member of the Thammasat team currently implementing THE-GLOW project.

Please indicate which one or more of the following describes your experience and purposes in implementing transdisciplinary education activities.

Please briefly describe your history, or the history of your institution with implementing transdisciplinary education and training:

The concept of transdisciplinary problem solving is around for a while in my discipline (global/public health) i.e. one-health, eco-health and social determinants of health, but translation into practice of these concepts lags behind. The Faculty of Public Health at Thammasat University is currently leading the EU co-funded THE-GLOW project offering opportunities to make a difference in both higher education and real world problem solving.

Please describe any issues that have arisen in your transdisciplinary education activities where you would like to learn more or to have the opportunity to discuss ideas and experiences with others.

I would be interested to discuss the application of constructive alignment between learning objectives, instructional approaches and assessment of learning in transdisciplinary courses.

Further, I'm interested in transdisciplinary research design and analysis approaches.

Please provide links or upload documents that you would like to share with members.

Relevant resource for TD research

Laursen, B., Vienni-Baptista, B., Bammer, G. et al. Toolkitting: an unrecognized form of expertise for overcoming fragmentation in inter- and transdisciplinarity. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03279-9

The importance of transdisciplinary action for complex global issues is now widely recognized but this is by no means a completely new concept. Many higher education institutions have been trying to facilitate joint activities across disciplines and between academia and other societal partners for years. These activities provide the platform for future transdisciplinary action.

In this discussion we would like members to briefly share what they are currently doing in relation to transdisciplinary higher education with specific examples. In addition, we would like members to briefly state how they would like to increase transdisciplinarity in their teaching and/or research in the future and what is necessary to achieve this.

To facilitate the sharing of ideas we have provided a structure in the attached word document, but members should feel free to share information in the structure that works best for them.

Please provide your inputs as replies to the main discussion thread. You can provide your input by:

• Completing the word template and uploading it. If you do this, please include the name of your institution or country in the file name.
• You can copy the template and past it directly into your response
• You can post using another format if you feel that it suits you better.

We strongly encourage you to include links and to upload relevant documents.

welcome to the moderated discussion threads on transdisciplinary education and research that we are calling "ACTER topics".

In this section we will be facilitating time-limited discussions and sharing of resources on specific topics. Each topic will be open for around one month after which the discussion will be summarized and shared documents collated for easy access.

To facilitate the sharing of ideas we will provide a template for responses, but members should feel free to share information in the structure that works best for them.

For each discussion, please provide your inputs as replies to the main discussion thread. You can provide your input by:

• Completing the word template and uploading it. If you do this, please include the name of your institution or country in the file name.
• You can copy the template and past it directly into your response
• You can post using another format if you feel that it suits you better.

We strongly encourage you to include links and to upload relevant documents.

Members will be able to comment upon and ask questions about posts. We strongly request that all comments are respectful, polite, and professional.

We are greatly looking forward to sharing in these discussions with you.

We would like participants to provide sufficient description of the situation or program that other members will understand:

• Basic information about the situation or program, including place and time period
• What are the issue(s) that require a transdisciplinary approach and why a transdisciplinary approach is required
• Some of the key disciplines/types of expertise required
• Comments on any special circumstances for this specific issue or program.

Members can provide this information using the attached template or by uploading existing relevant documents or both.

This discussion will be active for six weeks until 28th February, at which time all of the shared resources will be collated into a resource library and a summary guide will be produced.