Foreword

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Charles Kleiber, State Secretary for Science, Berne, Switzerland

1 Summary and Synthesis

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1.1 Summary

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Rudolf Häberli, Swiss Priority Program Environment (SPPE), Berne; Walter Grossenbacher-Mansuy, SPPE; Julie Thompson Klein, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

1.2 Synthesis

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Rudolf Häberli; Alain Bill, ABB Corporate Research Ltd, Baden-Dättwil; Walter Grossenbacher-Mansuy; Julie Thompson Klein; Roland W. Scholz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich; Myrtha Welti, Swiss Foundation Science et Cité, Berne

The International Transdisciplinarity Conference yields answers to four questions. What is transdisciplinarity? Why and where is it needed? What promotes good practices?

2 Introduction

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2.1 Why a Globalized World Needs Transdisciplinarity

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Alain Bill; Sybille Oetliker, CASH, Zurich; Julie Thompson Klein

Representatives of different sectors - politics, industry, energy, wildlife, and promotion of technological innovations - reflect on reasons for and impediments to transdisciplinarity

2.2 The Discourse of Transdisciplinarity: An Expanding Global Field

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Julie Thompson Klein

The conference was a pivotal event in the evolution of a new discourse that is expanding into a global field of interests. Its nature and international scope is evident in the participants' backgrounds and interests.

3 Keynote Addresses

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3.1 What Kind of Science Does our World Need Today and Tomorrow? A New Contract between Science and Society

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Charles Kleiber

Three major forces - science, democracy, and the market-place - shape a new social contract that calls for transdisciplinary knowledge and a new creative stewardship supported by strong incentives, new initiatives, and high standards of quality.

3.2 From Microscope to Kaleidoscope: Merging Fields of Vision

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Rita Colwell, Director US. National Science Foundation (US NSF) and Robert Eisenstein, Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (US NSF), Arlington, Virginia, USA

The deepening interconnections of science are evident in the interdisciplinary kaleidoscope of research that is fostered by new information technologies and the science of complexity at all scales, from the gene to the galaxy.

3.3 The Potential of Transdisciplinarity

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Michael Gibbons, Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, UK and Helga Nowotny, Chair of Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich

The characteristics of a new mode of knowledge production are at the heart of a transformation that is embodied in socially-distributed contextualizations of research in the public arena and the production of knowledge that is "socially robust."

3.4 The Responsibility of Science and Scientists

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Richard Ernst, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry

Solving the urgent problems of our time requires scientists to assume responsibility in focused research, public teaching, and speaking out in the media and other forums.

3.5 Mobilizing the Intellectual Capital of Universities

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Uwe Schneidewind, Institute for Business Administration, University of Oldenburg, Germany

Transdisciplinarity is a new way to organize work within universities by mobilizing the "intellectual capital" to address complex problems and by promoting greater reflexivity.

4 Interactive Sessions

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4.1 The Dialogue Sessions

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Julie Thompson Klein

Dialogue Sessions were traditional paper presentations that documented and reflected on experiences in a wide variety of contexts.

4.2 The Mutual Learning Sessions

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Roland W. Scholz

Mutual Learning Sessions created collaborative laboratories with partners from private enterprise, politics, communities, NGO's, and academia in eighteen different locations.

4.3 The Idea Market

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Walter Grossenbacher-Mansuy

The Idea Market was an open forum for exchanging new ideas, tools and experiences through traditional posters, video animation, and computer and model demonstrations.

5 The Swiss Transdisciplinarity Award

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5.1 Introduction: Goals and Criteria of the Award

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Heidi Diggelmann, President of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne; Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, ETH, Zurich; Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz, IKAÖ, University of Berne; Johannes R. Randegger, Novartis Services Ltd, Basel; Christian Smoliner Federal Ministry of Science and Transport, Vienna, Austria

The Award, supported by a gift from the Gebert Ruf Foundation, is a major incentive for transdisciplinary research conferred on ten contributions to the conference.

5.2 Final Awards

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The top three recipients of the Award are in the categories of theory, important issues for the future of society and nature, and participation of actors in society for mutual learning.

5.2.1 Sustainability: A Cross-disciplinary Concept for Social-Ecological Transformations

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Egon Becker, Thomas Jahn, Diana Hummel, Immanuel Stiess and Peter Wehling, Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

5.2.2 Ökostrom: The Social Construction of Green Electricity Standards in Switzerland

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Bernhard Truffer, Christine Bratrich, Jochen Markard and Bernhard Wehrli, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

5.2.3 The Green Leaves of Life's Golden Tree: The Project "Research In Public"

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Robert Lukesch, Wolfgang Punz, Helmut Hiess, Gerhard Kollmann, Franz Kern, Sepp Wallenberger, Bernhard Morawetz and Helmut Walden, ÖAR Regional Development Consultants Ltd, Fehring, Austria

5.3 Finalists

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The seven finalists illlustrate the range of problem con-texts and approaches in the North and the South, urban and rural areas, and technology and resource management.

5.3.1 Evolution Toward Transdisciplinarity in Technology and Resource Management Research: The Case of a Project in Ethiopia

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Mohammad A. Jabbar, M.A. Mohamed Saleem and Hugo Li-Pun, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

5.3.2 On the Search for Ecojumps in Technology: From Future Visions to Technology Programs

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J. Leo A. Jansen, Geert van Grootveld, Egbert van Spiegel, Philip J. Vergragt, Wilma Aarts and Conny Bakker, Sustainable Technology Development Program, Delft, The Netherlands

5.3.3 Cross-disciplinary Knowledge as a Guide to the Study and Management of Complexity: The Case of Product Definition in the Aerospace Industry

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Paul Jeffrey, Peter Allen and Roger Seaton, International Ecotechnology Research Center, Cranfield University, UK; Aileen Thomson, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Warwick University, UK

5.3.4 A Modest Success Story: Linkki 2 Research Program on Energy Conservation Decisions and Behavior

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Pirkko Kasanen, TTS Institute, Helsinki, Finland

5.3.5 Transdisciplinarity In Planning of Sustainable Urban Revitalization

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Paulius Kulzkauskas, Niels Andersen, Freddy Avnby, Lykke Leonardsen, Ole Damsgaard and Andreas Schubert, Danish Urban Renewal Company, Copenhagen, Denmark

5.3.6 The Role of Participatory Technology Assessment in Policy-Making

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Michael Nentwich, Institute of Technology Assessment, Vienna, Austria; Danielle Butschi, Center for Technology Assessment, Berne, Switzerland

5.3.7 The Potential of a Research-Action-Capacity Building Approach for Effective Management of Urban Environmental Problems

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Kaspar Wyss, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel Switzerland; N'Diekhor Yémadji, Centre de Support en Santé Internationale and Department of Geography, University of N'Djaména, Chad; Abdias Nodjiadjim, Centre de Support en Santé Internationale, N'Djaména, Chad; Mamadou N'Diaye and Enda Graf Dakar, Senegal

6 Outcomes

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6.1 Reflections on the Interactive Sessions: From Scepticism to Good Practices

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Kirsten Hollaender, Research Institute for Sociology, University of Cologne, Germany and Pieter Leroy, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with: Britt Marie Bertilsson, MISTRA, Stockholm, Sweden; Alain Bill;; Julie Thompson Klein

Members of the conference organising committee offer a synthesis of major lessons, exploring conceptual meanings, elements of good practice, and areas for follow-up.

6.2 Learning about Transdisciplinarity: Where Are We? Where Have We Been? Where Should We Go?

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Roland W. Scholz and David Marks, Center for Environmental Initiatives and Coordinator for Global Sustainability, MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

A social scientist and an engineer compare perspectives on knowledge integration and problem solving, with recommendations for future work in theory and practice.

6.3 Impacts on Science Management and Science Policy

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Hansjurg Mey, President of the Swiss Federal Commission for Universities of Applied Sciences, Berne; Sunita Kapila, Inter-national Development Research Center (IDRC), Nairobi, Kenya, with: Rainer Gerold, Director of Life Sciences and Quality of Life, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels; Jan Eric Sundgren, President of Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden; Rolf Wespe, SAFEL, Berne

An international panel focuses on the topics of communication, reshaping the educational system, integrating views of North and South, and appropriate criteria of evaluation.

7 Conclusion

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Mainstreaming Transdisciplinarity: A Resarch-Political Campaign

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Christian Smoliner, Federal Ministry of Science and Transport, Vienna, Austria; Rudolf Häberli; Myrtha Welti

The new relationship of research and problem-solving crosses traditional boundaries of disciplines, organizations, and sectors of society through cooperative and collaborative actions on local, regional, and international scales.

Appendices

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Appendix A

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Conference Organizers: SPPE, ETHZ/UNS, ABB, Science et Cité, econcept AG and Marketing Service Ltd

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Honorary Board, Conference Board, and Organizing Committee

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Appendix B

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References

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Appendix C

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List of Participants

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Appendix D

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List of Contributors

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

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