Since the first project phase (June 2020 - May 2023), the tdAcademy has focused on four topic lines that examine core questions of transdisciplinary research. The work at the tdAcademy takes place in the two topic lines of societal impact and scientific impact of transdisciplinary research, among others. In addition to impact research, another topic line is concerned with systematically understanding the contextual conditions for transdisciplinary research. Finally, in a fourth topic line, the team is dedicated to new integrative research formats and the question of how these can enrich transdisciplinary research.
Second phase: synthesis work
The four topic lines will remain the same in the second project phase (June 2023 - May 2025), but the topic lines will be more closely interrelated. New questions will be addressed for transdisciplinary research at the interfaces of the topic lines by re-examining, analyzing and enriching data materials and results that have already been collected from an integrative perspective. In this way, independent research work is carried out that is based, firstly, on a question that synthesizes all four topic lines and, secondly, on integration at the interfaces between two topic lines. The aim of the research work in the second phase is thus to systematically link the findings initially developed in parallel in the topic lines with regard to synergies and contradictions.
