Transdisciplinarity revisited: Transformative potential of lessons we might learn

Abstract

In contrast, interdisciplinary research goes further, seeking to integrate disciplinary perspectives on a particular problem to provide a systemic outcome - for example, through a strategic spatial urban development plan - but disciplinary boundaries are not transgressed. The philosophical and epistemic dimensions are closely linked. The three-dimensional Framework developed by the authors seeks to support researchers and practitioners in their planning and implementation of invariably complex and often unpredictable inter-and transdisciplinary journeys. The "importance of setting a clear ethical framework in developing a methodological approach" for inter-and transdisciplinary projects, as noted by Dimitrova becomes pressing, and is partly linked to our earlier point regarding time, commitment and funding for participating and publishing. For now, the transformative potential is clearly identifiable in the experience of these processes and the learning that comes with them.