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Free University ofBozen - BolzanoBrixen Campus BressanoneItaly September 1–3, 2016
The Roles of Science, Methods,and Transdisciplinarity
Sept. 1st 201609.00Welcome by the Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Lorenz and the Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Stefan Zerbe of the Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy09.15Introduction to the conference by Prof. Dr. Susanne Elsen, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy and Prof. Dr. Gerald Steiner, Danube University Krems, Austria
Session I: � eoretical basis: Relating trans-formative science to mode-2 and transdisci-plinarity research.09.45Transdisciplinarity between the role of bag-gage porter and administrative knowledge processor. Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Wup-pertal Institut and University of Wuppertal, Germany10.45Coffee break11.15The challenge of science to adapt to and benefit from transdisciplinarity. Prof. Dr. em. Roland W. Scholz, Danube University Krems, Austria, Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart, Germany, and ETH, Zürich, Switzerland12.15Lunch break13.30Human Health and urban environment. Prof. Dr. Heike Köckler, University of Applied Sciences for Healthcare, Dortmund, Germany14.00Social Work as transformative research and development. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Lorenz, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy14.30Transforming Well-Being in Wuppertal - Conditions and Constraints. Katrin Maibaum, Michael Rose and Katharina Schleicher, University of Wuppertal. Germany15.00Doing Transdisciplinary Research: Real-WorldLaboratories for Quarter Development in Wuppertal. Matthias Wanner and Janina Westerkowski, University of Wuppertal, Germany15.30 Coffee break16.00Migrant entrepreneurship and local economy.Dr. Claudia Lintner, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy and Dr. Marc Hill, University of Innsbruck, Austria16.30Development cooperation as transform-ative research and development. Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Leipniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology and University of Bremen, Germany17.00Eco-social economy and communitydevelopment. Prof. Dr. em. Adelheid Biesecker, University of Bremen, Germany and Prof. Dr. Susanne Elsen, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy17.30Get together
Sept. 2nd 2016Session II: Fields of transdisciplinary research and development – options and challenges09.00Higher education for sustainable develop-ment. – Universities and transformative science, Prof. Dr. Marco Riekmann, Universityof Vechta, Germany09.45Development and management of cultural spaces. Prof. Dr. Gerald Steiner, Danube University Krems, Austria and Harvard University, USA10.30Coffee break11.00Transdisciplinary network Health and Environment. Prof. Dr. Stefan Zerbe, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy11.15Social Agriculture in South Tyrol – a trans-disciplinary and faculty transgressing pro-ject. Prof. Dr. Susanne Elsen and Livio Biasia MA, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy11.45Participatory development of urban green spaces Dr. Christa Müller, anstiftung Foun-dation, Munich, Germany and University of Applied Sciences 12.15Lunch break
Session III: Strategies, cultures, methods and instruments of transformative research and development14.00Research for social change? Participatory research methods in social sciences. Prof. Dr. Hella von Unger, LMU Munich, Germany14.45“Sustainable Land Management”. Jana Zscheischler, Leibniz Centre for Agriculturaland Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany15.15Coffee break15.45Which factors influence the transformative potential of research projects? Prof. Dr. Claudia Binder, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland16.30Mapping for eco-social transformationProf. Kris Krois, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy17.00Architecture and design science for transfor-mation. Prof. Dr. Andreas Flora, University of Innsbruck, Austria17.30End of the second day
Sept. 3rd 2016Session IV: Transformative projects – lessons learnt, steps to take9.00Transdisciplinarity challenging academic institutions, disciplinary identity and carrier paths. Dr. Dagmar Simon, Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany10.00Fish-bowl discussion: transdisciplinarity, responsibility and reliability 11.00Coffee break
Session V: Transdisciplinary coaching for PhD-students (Open for young researchers and PhD-Students of di� erent disciplines)
12.30Lunch break
Session VI: Network meeting: international research projects, international PhD pro-gram (Erasmus), funding opportunities and publications.
RegistrationThe attendance is free of charge.The registration is required at this link.
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OrganizationProf. Susanne Elsen and Prof. Stefan Zerbein cooperation with Prof. Gerald Steinerand Prof. Dr. Roland W. Scholz, Danube University Krems, Austria
� e Roles of Science, Methods, and Transdisciplinarity
Call for papers for a Special Issue on
Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Re-‐gional Environments -‐ The Role of Science, Methods and Transdiscipli-‐narity
Edited by Susanne Elsen1, Roland W. Scholz2,3, Gerald Steiner2, and Stefan Zerbe1
1Free University of Bozen-‐Bolzano (campus Brixen), Italy, 2Danube University Krems, Austria, 3Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Scope and aims
Climate change, growing poverty, migration, land degradation, urbanization and economic uncertain-‐ties and crises pose challenges on societies and their environments throughout the world. This global change is interconnected and cut across different levels, sectors, and areas of society. The complexity of these challenges asks for a new mode of knowledge generation, transgressing the boundaries of particular disciplines as well as those between science and society. Thus, research for eco-‐social so-‐lutions requires comprehensive approaches includ-‐ing multifaceted perspectives and a methodology suited to mobilize, initiate, attend, and co-‐shape processes of social, political, and economic devel-‐opment and transformation.
Transformative science (mode 2 science) is a scien-‐tific culture, confronting the challenges of the 21st century (mode 2 society). It involves competences of different disciplines, relevant stakeholders, decision makers and concerned people in an interactive pro-‐cess of knowledge generation and the identification of sustainable development options. The diversity of knowledge, skills and perspectives can thus stimu-‐late processes in solving highly complex socio-‐environmental questions. Consequently, transforma-‐tive research has become a crucial function especial-‐ly in efforts to solve eco-‐social problems on the local and regional level.
This research culture is highly ambitious. It pays spe-‐cial attention to the change of attitudes and compe-‐tences of scientists and the style of cooperation be-‐tween different science cultures and between scien-‐tific and non-‐scientific actors. It takes place within and between open and shifting boundaries. It chal-‐lenges institutional and structural causes and effects
with regard to the regionalization of mitigation, ad-‐aptation and innovation, namely social mobilization and institutional development.
The special issue will focus on social, ecological and economic challenges of transformation in urban and regional environments. Special emphasis will be on activating and integrating citizens in processes of transformation and development. In addition to cur-‐rent theoretical and methodological approaches of transformative research, papers may address pre-‐vailing topics such as migration and integration, soli-‐darity economy, strategies to combat poverty, hu-‐man health in urban settings, community develop-‐ment and life-‐long learning.
Two types of papers are welcomed
1. Papers which present innovative case studies or practice of collaboration of scientists and practition-‐ers, in particular transdisciplinary processes in spa-‐tial transformation processes.
2. Papers which deal with methodological questions of spatial transformation processes such as the role of transdisciplinary processes, the role, influence, and effects of different ways of knowing, stakehold-‐ers and scientists may take in planning processes or questions about the value of planning methods or knowledge integration (e.g., in co-‐definition of goals, co-‐creation, co-‐design, or co-‐evaluation of transfor-‐mation processes).
Important dates: The deadline of submission is Sep-‐tember 30, 2016. The Special issue is scheduled as Volume 3 in
Contact: For more information, please contact Dr. Martina Koll-‐Schretzenmayer ([email protected]) or Prof. Dr. Roland W. Scholz ([email protected])
