Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Transdisciplinary processes for Sustainable Development refer to the relational characteristics of the collaboration between academic and nonacademic actors that are necessary to address the complex conceptual, value-laden and actiondriven challenges of sustainable development. A Social-Relational Perspective on Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Sustainable DevelopmentVarious authors argue for giving due importance to the social-relational characteristics of collaborative processes in transdisciplinary research for sustainable development. Indeed, transdisciplinary research might be quite demanding for the

Bridging Research‐Practice Tensions: Exploring Day‐to‐Day Engaged Scholarship Investigating Sustainable Development Challenges

“…(2012) and Tsui (2013), we view engaged scholarship as an approach that fits with the need for holistic research perspectives and practical solutions to effectively address sustainable development challenges. Our aim is to underscore the urgency for management scholars to investigate sustainable development related topics (Tsui, 2013; Bansal, 2019), and to motivate (budding) scholars to study this topic in collaboration with scholars from other disciplines, and practitioners from various fields (Winn and Pogutz, 2013; Craps, 2019; Laasch et al ., 2020).…”

“…When investigating sustainable development challenges, diverse stakeholders are valuable, including multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners, so innovative solutions for the multi‐faceted problems can be developed (Winn and Pogutz, 2013; Ferraro et al ., 2015; Curseu and Schruijer, 2017). Achieving normative research goals, such as improving livelihoods for Indigenous communities, alongside meaningful theoretical contributions is impossible without the contextualized insights, knowledge, and engagement of important actors in the field (Christen and Schmidt, 2012; Pacheco‐Vega and Parizeau, 2018; Craps, 2019). We found relationships with stakeholders to be crucial for fostering long‐term connections (third author) and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration (second author).…”

“…Overall, though, there is limited empirical emphasis on how such collaborations can be carried out in actuality (Crane et al, 2017;Bansal, 2019). While the management literature lacks sufficient empirical investigation of research-practice collaborations, domains such as public policy, natural resources management, urban development, and community capacity building have long traditions in using collaborations to problem-solve sustainable development challenges (Curseu and Schruijer, 2017;Craps, 2019).…”

“…Sustainable development requires collaboration between interdisciplinary actors in society, including academics and practitioners, to achieve holistic solutions to complex societal challenges (e.g., Ferraro et al ., 2015; Curseu and Schruijer, 2017; Bansal, 2019). However, it is challenging to create fruitful collaborations among scholars from different disciplines and knowledge traditions while also connecting the generalizing claims of academics with the experiential and contextualized insights of practitioners (Ghosal, 2005; Christen and Schmidt, 2012; Craps, 2019; Laasch et al ., 2020).…”

“…While the management literature lacks sufficient empirical investigation of research‐practice collaborations, domains such as public policy, natural resources management, urban development, and community capacity building have long traditions in using collaborations to problem‐solve sustainable development challenges (Curseu and Schruijer, 2017; Craps, 2019). For examples of such studies, see Gutberlet (2008), Von Korff et al .…”