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Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program

  • Transdisciplinary sustainability science (TSS) is a prominent way of scientifically contributing to the solution of sustainability problems. Little is known, however, about the practice of scientists in TSS, especially those early in their career. Our objectives were to identify these practices and to outline the needs and challenges for early career scientists in TSS. Three major challenges were identified: (1) TSS demands openness to a plurality of research designs, theories, and methods, while also requiring shared, explicit, and recursive use of TSS characteristics; (2) researchers in TSS teams must make decisions about trade-offs between achievements of societal and scientific impact, acknowledging that focusing on the time-consuming former aspect is difficult to integrate into a scientific career path; and (3) although generalist researchers are increasingly becoming involved in such TSS research projects, supporting the integration of social, natural, and engineering sciences, specialized knowledge is also required.

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Author: Bernd HirschlORCiD, Chantal Ruppert-Winkel, Robert ArlinghausGND, Sonja Deppisch, Klaus Eisenack, Daniela Gottschlich, Bettina Matzdorf, Tanja Mölders, Martina Padmanabhan, Kirsten Selbmann, Rafael Ziegler, Tobias Plieninger
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07739-200313
ISSN:1708-3087
Title of the source (English):Ecology and Society
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2015
Contributing Corporation:Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW), Uni Freiburg, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V., Leibniz Universität Hannover, Uni Passau, Uni Bochum, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Uni Greifswald, Uni Kopenhagen
Tag:Nachhaltigkeit
Social-Ecological Research Program; Transdisciplinary sustainability science (TSS)
Volume/Year:20
Issue number:3
First Page:13
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 5 Wirtschaft, Recht und Gesellschaft / FG Management regionaler Energieversorgungsstrukturen
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