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.