Transdisciplinarity and public policy

McGregor, Sue L. T.

doi:10.22545/2023/00219

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“…In this connection of Holistic TD, Weil, D'Ambrosio, and Crema are not physicists like Nicolescu, but psychologists (Weil and Crema) and math professor (D'Ambrosio). So, their perspective is complementary to Niculescu's TD framework when showing two new ideas for the TD theory 45 ;…”

Section: Td Concepts Through the Hptd-mmentioning

confidence: 97%

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The HPTD-M Proposal for a TD Chair: A Paradigm Shift

COSTA

2024

For an International Transdisciplinary Chair. About the Dialogue Between Culture and Technoscience

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The Modern Age has promoted advances in technoscience and material quality of life. However, a cycle has been created in which the hypertrophy of logic and analysis does not solve the complexity of human phenomena. This author’s HPTD-M theory (Holopraxis Transdisciplinary Management) emerged in this context. The objective of this article is to provoke a comprehensive discussion on the creation of a transdisciplinary chair (TD chair) in universities, including courses of short duration for public and private organizations, effective envisaging and dialectical problem solving for issues involving the complexity of human phenomena, when the mechanistic and the systemicbiological-environmental approach are not enough. transdisciplinary Thirty-five-year research and professional experience culminated in the HPTD-M theory and a 14-hour successful TD pilot course for mediating managers in March/2023. This author’s proposal for a paradigm shift and TD Chair involves 1) A transdisciplinary course in the first semester of university graduation; 2) Simplification and flexibility to start (concepts of technoscience and complementarity); 3) The mediating professor for learning to learn and understanding, not only knowing; 4) Creation of a TD kind of Ph.D. and M.Sc. focused on the dialogue between theory praxis and generalist specialist. An MBA with more theory could be a starting point; 5) The three types of logic as tools for problem solving in dialogue with new ideas that make sense, considering the level of complexity in each concrete case; and 6) The abstract-concrete complementarity in problem solving and the concept of quaternary complementarities for troubleshooting in practice.

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Section: Td Concepts Through the Hptd-mmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Fortaleza, Brasil, de 21 a 24 de setembro de 2010 (UNESCO, UEC, UCB). Available in Portuguese at: https://robertocrema.com.br/compreensao-convergencia-entre-o-sabere-o-ser/ 45. Weil, Pierre; Crema, Roberto; D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan(1993).…”

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The HPTD-M Proposal for a TD Chair: A Paradigm Shift

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2024

For an International Transdisciplinary Chair. About the Dialogue Between Culture and Technoscience

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“…In addition, transdisciplinarity should generally be understood as an interplay between science and society (Baumgärtner et al, 2008;McGregor 2023). This understanding of transdisciplinarity intends to meet the growing expectations of academic research and is therefore seen as essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the United Nations (UN) (Moallemi et al, 2020in Strand et al, 2022.…”

Section: Transdisciplinary Researchmentioning

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Transdisciplinary Research in Marine Science: What’s the added value of involving stakeholders?

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Wagner-Ahlfs,

Riekhof

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The holistic solution of complex, global problems in marine topics requires innovative research formats - which can be served by transdisciplinarity. To assess the success of the transdisciplinary approach for marine research, several case studies from marine research at Kiel University (Germany) were analysed for this study. Interviews with both scientists and stakeholders were carried out to 1) clarify whether stakeholder involvement in scientific projects provides additional knowledge and to 2) identify the underlying success factors. Both groups see added value in transdisciplinary projects and name positive aspects of cooperation, mutual interaction and information exchange. Essential are the applicability of research results, and the formation and maintenance of networks enabling further joint activities. Stakeholders add practical contexts to scientific knowledge so that the results of this transdisciplinary research can be translated into practical actions. Resource availability sets clear limits within the project framework. Successful transdisciplinary approaches require standardized definitions of terms, the selection of suitable participation formats and continuous, clear communication. Transdisciplinary projects proved suitable as a tool for sensitizing the general public and raising awareness of complex marine challenges.

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“…This requires a transdisciplinary mindset that (a) values many types of reality and ways of knowing (including the subjective and objective), (b) rejects fragmentation and the duality between science and humans, (c) sees the value in and necessity of contradictions and uncertainty, (d) trusts that something will emerge when using inclusive and complexity logics and (e) allows a transdisciplinary value set to arise that keeps the work moving forward. This agreed-to set of values (e.g., inclusivity, tolerance, cooperation, and solidarity) is more important than each person's value system (McGregor, 2023;Nicolescu, 2002Nicolescu, , 2014.…”

Section: Transdisciplinary Individual Traits and Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Providing detailed information about what the new way looks like builds trust and faith that the shift works (see McGregor, 2023, for different transdisciplinary approaches); this trust makes it easier for people to let go. To aid in letting go, paradigm pioneers (leaders) should provide proof that others who shifted paradigms flourished using the new thought patterns (Osborne & Plastrik, 1996).…”

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Shifting Paradigms: Bringing Transdisciplinarity into the Light

McGregor

2023

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Addressing complex societal problems requires the collaboration of diverse academic and non-academic partners ideally through transdisciplinarity. Most academic faculty members are couched in their disciplinary mind set with more recent transitions to multi- and interdisciplinarity. Transdisciplinary thinking is the new kid on the block. Switching through mono, multi, and inter to transdisciplinarity will require a paradigm shift. Each is discussed in this paper, so people can more readily find themselves, clarify the nature of their work, and appreciate the magnitude of change required if they shift paradigms. The paper then (a) identifies traits of a transdisciplinary individual who can employ a transdisciplinary orientation, (b) addresses paradigm shifts at the collective and individual levels, (c) discusses how to deal with natural resistance to losing one’s familiar way of thinking and (d) concludes with touchstones and safety-nets that encourage people to take the leap of faith required to embrace transdisciplinarity.

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Transdisciplinarity and public policy

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

The HPTD-M Proposal for a TD Chair: A Paradigm Shift

The HPTD-M Proposal for a TD Chair: A Paradigm Shift

Transdisciplinary Research in Marine Science: What’s the added value of involving stakeholders?

Shifting Paradigms: Bringing Transdisciplinarity into the Light

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