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What is needed to institutionalise transdisciplinarity? – Integration and Implementation Insights

What is needed to institutionalise transdisciplinarity?

August 3, 2021

By Gabriele Bammer

What are the indicators that transdisciplinarity has been institutionalised? How close is it? What still needs to be done to achieve institutionalisation?

Transdisciplinary teaching and research are becoming more common in universities and a range of research organisations. So how will we know that transdisciplinarity is an integral and accepted part of the research and higher education scene, nationally and internationally?

I suggest that there are two primary criteria:

1. The expertise required to undertake transdisciplinary research is recognized and codified
2. Acknowledged transdisciplinary experts are given an equal voice with established disciplines when research and higher education policy are made and when funding is allocated.

On these criteria, it is fair to say that transdisciplinarity is not even close to being institutionalised. As colleagues and I have suggested in How can expertise in research integration and implementation help tackle complex problems? we are only beginning to define the expertise that transdisciplinarians have. In addition, when transdisciplinarity is discussed at the research policy and higher education tables, it is rare for those involved to be acknowledged transdisciplinary experts. Similarly, acknowledged transdisciplinary experts are not yet routinely involved either in setting the policies of funding organisations or in reviewing relevant grants.

Nevertheless, there is growing acknowledgement of the importance of transdisciplinarity, along with funding for projects that tackle complex problems. Those interested in leveraging these advances to achieve institutionalization must:

1. Unite!
2. Organise!
3. Respond!
4. Fight!

Why are these actions necessary and how can they best be achieved?

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Soft Systems Methodology: Puzzles and Organisations by Neil Richardson Published: 26 June 2021

Soft Systems Methodology: Puzzles and Organisations

Cybernetics Society AGM Keynote 2021: Delia Pembry MacNamara

Cybernetics Society AGM Keynote 2021: Delia Pembry MacNamara – YouTube

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Minimal physicalism as a scale-free substrate for cognition and consciousness

Minimal physicalism as a scale-free substrate for cognition and consciousness | Neuroscience of Consciousness | Oxford Academic

Minimal physicalism as a scale-free substrate for cognition and consciousness 

Chris Fields, James F Glazebrook, Michael Levin

Neuroscience of Consciousness, Volume 2021, Issue 2, 2021, niab013, https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niab013

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Theories of consciousness and cognition that assume a neural substrate automatically regard phylogenetically basal, nonneural systems as nonconscious and noncognitive. Here, we advance a scale-free characterization of consciousness and cognition that regards basal systems, including synthetic constructs, as not only informative about the structure and function of experience in more complex systems but also as offering distinct advantages for experimental manipulation. Our “minimal physicalist” approach makes no assumptions beyond those of quantum information theory, and hence is applicable from the molecular scale upwards. We show that standard concepts including integrated information, state broadcasting via small-world networks, and hierarchical Bayesian inference emerge naturally in this setting, and that common phenomena including stigmergic memory, perceptual coarse-graining, and attention switching follow directly from the thermodynamic requirements of classical computation. We show that the self-representation that lies at the heart of human autonoetic awareness can be traced as far back as, and serves the same basic functions as, the stress response in bacteria and other basal systems.

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Making Systems Thinking Accessible to all Generations, Geographies & Work Groups | Meetup

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Making Systems Thinking Accessible to all Generations, Geographies & Work Groups

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Tracy is joining us from the US so we have had to adjust our regular timing to a lunch session for those in Australia.

Over the past few decades, the Waters Center for Systems Thinking has been a go-to organisation for systems thinking in primary and secondary education throughout the United States and beyond.

Their practical, creative and customised approach has generated an expanded network throughout diverse sectors including government agencies, medical and health system science educators, social justice advocates, and business and community organisations.

This session will provide a glimpse into Waters Center methodologies and will actively engage participants along the way.

About Tracy
As President of the Waters Center for Systems Thinking (nonprofit), Tracy Benson Ed.D leads a team of experienced systems thinking educators who provide ST capacity building, coaching and facilitation to a wide range of education, government, for-profit, and community-based organizations.
Her previous 25+ years career in education included teaching and administrative positions at all levels spanning early childhood through higher education.

As a researcher, consultant and author of several books, Tracy’s passion and commitment echo the Waters Center’s mission:

To make the benefits of systems thinking accessible to everyone.

Riding the Waves of Change

Riding the Waves of Change

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Show full item recordIn developing managerial competencies it s not enough to “look in the rear view mirror”, project past trends, and just do what’s worked in the past. It’s crucial to look ahead, and position for the future. In today’s world competence rests in our attitudes, values and mindsets, not just in technical skills. Riding the Waves of Change, first published in 1988, still resonates today. New preface 2009.

Understanding and investigating relationality in the capability approach John Owens,Vikki A. Entwistle,Luke K. Craven,Ina Conradie

Understanding and investigating relationality in the capability approach – Owens – – Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour – Wiley Online Library

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Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 2 – Dropping Out From Karma

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 2 – Dropping Out From Karma – Be Here Now Network 2021

We need a bit of Watts or Ram Dass here every now and again, I’m contractually obliged or you’ll think I’ve gone straight 😉

This struck me (especially the Daoist part) as particularly systems-y.

Please note I have spare you the very exciteable conversation between Jordan Peterson and John Vervaeke – not becuase I didn’t get a lot of good notes out of it (the robust organisations model as a metaphor for good team capabilities and an explanation for the evolution of personality types?), but becuase if I am shouting ‘just shut up and let him talk!’ multiple times at JBP, I can only imagine the reaction it would get in the groups…

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Power & Systems Change: A Conversation between Anna Birney & Adam Kahane | Forum for the Future

Power & Systems Change: A Conversation between Anna Birney & Adam Kahane

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Date: 9 September 2021 

Time: 16:00 – 17:00 BST | 17:00 – 18:00 CEST | 08:00 – 9:00 PT | 11:00 – 12:00 ET

Power is an increasingly prominent question for systems change practitioners and yet it is often difficult to engage with or to fully understand.

As consciously powerful actors in the field, Anna Birney (School of System Change) and Adam Kahane (Reos Partners) speak to the importance of acknowledging and being aware of your own power as a facilitator, and the dynamics of relationships, participation and how that contributes to transformation.

This webinar will be a conversation between the two based on their experience and reflections, inviting others into the inquiry on power and its role in systems change.

New Report: Bridging the fields of feminist and systems practice 29 October 2020 We are happy to share a new report by PhiLab member Juniper Glass. She has co-authored a new piece based on 3 years of working with feminist organizations across Canada. 

New Report: Bridging the fields of feminist and systems practice | Philab

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Ecofeminism and Systems Thinking By Anne Stephens Copyright Year 2013 Paperback £31.99

Ecofeminism and Systems Thinking – 1st Edition – Anne Stephens – Rout

Ecofeminism and Systems Thinking

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Anne Stephens

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ISBN 9781138952829Published September 18, 2015 by Routledge144 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations

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This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation. It explains the backgrounds of cultural ecofeminism and critical systems thinking, and what we find when they are systematically compared. Both theories share a range of concepts, have a strong social justice ethic, and challenge the legacy of modernity. The book takes theory into practice. The value of the emergent principles of feminist-systems thinking are described and demonstrated through four chapters of case studies in community development settings. The principles can be used to influence project design and outcomes across a range of disciplines including project management, policy, health, education, and community development. This book has much to offer practitioners who seek to create more socially just and equitable project and research outcomes.

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Part A  1. Introduction  2. Ecofeminism and Systems Theory  3. Comparing and Contrasting Ecofeminism and Systems Thinking  4. Principles of Feminist-Systems Thinking.  Part B  5. Case Study 1: Exploring FST Principles in Community Development: The Carrot on a Stick Early Health Intervention Program  6. Case Study 2: The Yarrabah Kinship Gardens  7. Case Study 3: Evaluating Changes: Community Awareness Growth and Change  8. Case Study 4: Greening the Economy: Mapping and Identifying Ways to Transform a Regional Economy  9. Drawing Conclusions and the Value of the Feminist-Systems Thinking Framework 

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Anne Stephens is a Senior Researcher with The Cairns Institute at James Cook University.