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Network for Transdisciplinary Research
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awarded projects
The following projects already received the award for transdisciplinary research in Switzerland.
2008: «Novaquatis»
The project was co-directed by Dr. Tove A. Larsen and Dr. Judit Lienert from Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Dübendorf, and explored the potential of urine source separation (NoMix technology) for improving wastewater treatment.
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| Press release: | English (pdf), Deutsch (pdf), Français (pdf) |
| Project: | http://www.novaquatis.ch |
| Contact project: | Eawag Novaquatis Überlandstrasse 133 Postfach 611 CH-8600 Dübendorf Schweiz Dr. Tove Larsen, Dr. Judit Lienert |
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Award Ceremony November 27, 2008
Laudatio (German) by Dr. Barbara Haering ETH Rat (pdf)
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from l.t.r: A. Kesseli | J. Lienert | T. Larsen | B. Haering | G. Hirsch Hadorn
Short-listed projects 2008
The six short-listed projects for the td-award 2008 were, in alphabetical order of the project:
Illness and Health among the Kel Tamasheq in Northern Mali
directed by Dr. Anna Münch (Swiss Tropical Institute and Princeton University)
links: website
LAGSUS: Language, Gender and Sustainability
directed by Prof.emeritus Thomas Bearth (University of Zurich)
links: website
The other short-listed projects will be added to this page once we have the directors' agreements.
The project investigated what kind of images and which ways influence decisions about sustainable development. It excels with its exemplary cooperation between different disciplines and with an innovative inclusion of the public.
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| Press release: | English (pdf), Deutsch (pdf), Français (pdf) |
| Project: | http://www.machtderbilder.ch |
| Contact project: | Geographisches Institut Universität Zürich PD Dr. Norman Backhaus Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Schweiz PD Dr. Norman Backhaus |
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Award Ceremony November 10, 2006
Laudatio (German) by Prof. Dr. Paul Messerli SNF (pdf)
Zum Projekt: Backhaus, N., 2008. «Macht und Kraft der Bilder: ein (preisgekröntes) Beispiel transdisziplinärer Forschung», in F. Darbellay et T. Paulsen (Hrsg.) Herausforderung Inter- und Transdisziplinarität - Konzepte, Methoden und innovative Umsetzung in Lehre und Forschung, PPUR Lausanne
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N. Backhaus
2004: «Health of Nomadic People and their Animals»
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| Press release: | English (pdf), Deutsch (pdf), Français (pdf) |
| Project: | am Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut, Basel |
| Contact project: | Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut Dr. Jakob Zinsstag Socinstrasse 57 Postfach CH-4002 Basel Schweiz Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Dr. Esther Schelling |
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Award Ceremony November 12, 2004
Laudatio (German) by Prof. Dr. Dieter Imboden SNF (pdf)
Introduction (German) by Dr. Margrit Leuthold (SAMW/td-net) (pdf)
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2000
Transdisciplinarity Conference 2000 (pdf in English).