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University of Basel - Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges 

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Overview

Duration

6 weeks

Total fee

2,093

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges
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Highlights

  • Duration 6 weeks
  • Weekly study 5 hours
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Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges
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  • In today's world, we face many complex societal challenges. Projects addressing these challenges often involve actors and stakeholders from different fields and disciplines bringing together their own perspectives or knowledge on a topic. Accordingly, collaborative transdisciplinary approaches are crucial for the success of a project.
  • On this course, you'll explore how to meet the challenges of conducting effective transdisciplinary research. You'll gain insights into a variety of case studies from different fields as you learn from the experiences of peers and experts.

Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges
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Curriculum

Complex societal challenges ? a tough nut to crack

Societal challenges and research

Setting the frame

Cases ? societal challenges addressed

Reflecting on the week

Transdisciplinarity ? introduction and clarification

What is transdisciplinary research?

Basic concepts in transdisciplinary research

Cases ? context and actors

Reflecting on the week

Setting up a transdisciplinary research project

Phases of transdisciplinary research

Important steps of a co-designing

Cases ? from an idea to a project

Reflecting on the week

Knowledge production

Co-producing knowledge

Interdisciplinary and participatory aspects

Cases ? co-production processes

Reflecting on the week

Reap the rewards ? jointly producing outcomes

Co-production towards action and reflection

Cases ? results and ways of impact

Reflecting on the week

Effects of involvement: moments of change

Evaluation

Situating transdisciplinarity

Cases ? reflection and evaluation

Transdisciplinary research: your own pathway

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