td-net toolbox series

Past Events

ONLINE-Workshop: Methoden und Tools für Ko-Kreation in der partizipativen Forschung

25. August 2020

Um gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen zu meistern, ist vermehrt die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Forschenden und Akteuren aus der Praxis gefragt. Aber wie bringt man die unterschiedlichen Wissensbestände von Forschenden, Bürger:innen und Entscheidungstragenden so zusammen, dass neue Erkenntnisse zur Lösung gesellschaftlichen Probleme generiert werden? In diesem Workshop wenden Sie konkrete Hilfsmittel aus der td-net Toolbox für Koproduktion von Wissen direkt auf Herausforderungen in Projekten der partizipativen Wissenschaften an und diskutieren, wie Koproduktion von Wissen auch online gelingen kann.

Exploring the method repertoire of transdisciplinary research 

24 July 2020, Western Australian University

This seminar will provide an introduction to transdisciplinary research, the td-net web portal and its methods and tools. There will be room for Q&A and we directly apply one or two methods. In the discussion, we elaborat

Methoden und Tools für Ko-Kreation in der partizipativen Forschung

26. Juni 2020

Um gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen zu meistern, ist vermehrt die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Forschenden und Akteuren aus der Praxis gefragt. Aber wie bringt man die unterschiedlichen Wissensbestände von Forschenden, BürgerInnen und Entscheidungstragenden so zusammen, dass neue Erkenntnisse zur Lösung gesellschaftlichen Probleme generiert werden? In diesem Workshop wenden Sie konkrete Hilfsmittel aus der td-net Toolbox für Koproduktion von Wissen direkt auf Herausforderungen in Projekten der partizipativen Wissenschaften an und diskutieren, wie Koproduktion von Wissen auch online gelingen kann.

Exploring the Method Repertoire of Transdisciplinary Research for Citizen Science

17 June 2020, 12.15-13.15, University of Zurich

Summary: When research is meant to include non-academic actors – be it for the purpose of data collection or transdisciplinary research (TDR) – challenges arise: Which actors should we involve in which research steps? How can we develop a shared understanding of the research problem? How do we integrate the various bodies of knowledge of the people involved?
The td-net web portal for co-producing knowledge provides methods and tools to meet such challenges in the context of transdisciplinary research (TDR). After a short outline of the characteristics of TDR, we will discuss the overlaps between TDR and Citizen Science and have a closer look at some tools from the td-net web portal.

In 2018 we startet with three TdLab/td-net brown bags at ETH Zurich.

A structure for navigating the td-net toolbox

24 Mai 2018, 12:00-14:00, ETH Zurich

Exchange meeting with Gabriela Wülser (td-net) and Christian Pohl (TdLab).
The event was part of the TdLab Brown Bag Meetings.

Summary: When planning or while realising a transdisciplinary research process, project leaders need to think about how they want to design knowledge co-production in that concrete case. Other participants might face difficulties during a project that relate to participants’ different ways of thinking, perceiving or approaching an issue, for instance. In these situations, it may be valuable to make use of specific methods or tools. While support for transdisciplinary research is growing, systematic compilations of specific methods and tools for co-producing knowledge in heterogeneous groups as part of research processes are still rare. The td-net’s toolbox for co-producing knowledge - a toolbox provided by td-net in partnership with TdLab - seeks to fill this gap. We plan to redesign the toolbox to lead users directly to the methods that suit their specific needs. To that end, we developed a structure of possible situations in which tools might be helpful and assigned the tools to them. In this workshop, we will present our plans in more detail and discuss the structure in terms of a) clarity and b) missing situations.

Philosophy-based dialogue methods to support communication in transdisciplinary endeavors

12 April 2018, 12:00-14:00, ETH Zurich

Exchange meeting with Sanford Eigenbrode from the University of Idaho, USA.
The event was part of the TdLab Brown Bag Meetings.

Summary: Collaborators from multiple disciplines often face difficulties stemming from the disparate approaches, lexicons, assumptions, and epistemological traditions of different disciplines. This can lead to difficulties, especially when not recognized or tacit. The Toolbox Dialogue Initiative http://toolbox-project.org provides a philosophical yet practical enhancement to cross-disciplinary, collaborative science primarily in the form of dialogue- based “Toolbox workshops”. Rooted in philosophical analysis, Toolbox workshops enable cross-disciplinary collaborators to engage in a structured dialogue about their research assumptions. This yields both self-awareness and mutual understanding. The goal is not to generate a synthetic, integrated perspective, but to grow awareness of the diversity that exists within collaborations. The project has conducted well more than 200 workshops worldwide based on this premise. The session at TdLab will include an overview of the genesis and status of the Toolbox project followed by an exercise using one module from a typical workshop so participants experience the process. Recently I have developed a strong interest in using this format to improve communication with stakeholders, for example in the context of Deliberative Multicriteria Evaluation processes. I hope to share some ideas about this with the group for discussion.

Outcome-based tools for TD research

22 March 2018, 12:00-14:00, ETH Zurich

Exploring the outcome spaces as tool for co-producing knowledge.
Workshop by Cynthia Mitchell and Dena Fam from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia

The workshop was part of the TdLab Brown Bag Meetings.