Transdisciplinary Theory, Practice and Education: The Art of Collaborative Research and Collective Learning

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This exciting new state-of-the art book reviews, explores and advocates ways in which collaborative research endeavours can, through a transdisciplinary lens, enhance student, academic and social experiences. Drawing from a wide range of knowledges, contexts, geographical locations and internationally renowned expertise, the book provides a unique look into the world of transdisciplinary thinking, collaborative learning and action. In doing so, the book is action orientated, reflective, theoretical and intriguing and provides a place for all of these to meet and mingle in the spirit of curiosity and imagination. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction – The Art of Collaborative Research and Collective Learning: Transdisciplinary Theory, Practice and Education (Paul Gibbs, Linda Neuhauser, Dena Fam)....Pages 3-9 Learning in Transdisciplinary Collaborations: A Conceptual Vocabulary (Julie Thompson Klein)....Pages 11-23 Practical and Scientific Foundations of Transdisciplinary Research and Action (Linda Neuhauser)....Pages 25-38 Transforming Transdisciplinarity: An Expansion of Strong Transdisciplinarity and Its Centrality in Enabling Effective Collaboration (Katie Ross, Cynthia Mitchell)....Pages 39-56 The Role of Pliability and Transversality Within Trans/Disciplinarity: Opening University Research and Learning to Planetary Health (Jason Prior, Carole M. Cusack, Anthony Capon)....Pages 57-71 The Transdisciplinary Evolution of the University Condition for Sustainable Development (Basarab Nicolescu)....Pages 73-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Meta-considerations for Planning, Introducing and Standardising Inter and Transdisciplinary Learning in Higher Degree Institutions (Dena Fam, Tania Leimbach, Scott Kelly, Lesley Hitchens, Michelle Callen)....Pages 85-102 Transdisciplinarity: Towards an Epistemology of What Matters (Kate Maguire)....Pages 103-115 Transdisciplinarity and the ‘Living Lab Model’: Food Waste Management As a Site for Collaborative Learning (Alexandra Crosby, Dena Fam, Abby Mellick Lopes)....Pages 117-131 Nurturing Transdisciplinary Graduate Learning and Skills Through a Community of Practice Approach (Chris Riedy, Cynthia Mitchell, Juliet Willetts, Ian Cunningham)....Pages 133-149 Making Collective Learning Coherent: An Adaptive Approach to the Practice of Transdisciplinary Pedagogy (Elizabeth Clarke, Craig Ashhurst)....Pages 151-165 Making the Link Between Transdisciplinary Learning and Research (BinBin Pearce, Carolina Adler, Lisette Senn, Pius Krütli, Michael Stauffacher, Christian Pohl)....Pages 167-183 Collective Learning in an Industry-Education-Research Test Bed (Tanja Golja, Shilo McClean, Krista Jordan)....Pages 185-199 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Shielding Indigenous Worlds from Extraction and the Transformative Potential of Decolonizing Collaborative Research (Jason De Santolo (Garrwa & Barunggam))....Pages 203-219 Collaborative Research and Action: The Changzhou Worker Wellness Project (Linda Neuhauser, Xiaodong Wang, Yun Hong, Xiaoming Sun, Zhanhong Zong, Xingyu Shu et al.)....Pages 221-239 Creative Partnerships and Cultural Organisations: “Enabling” and “Situating” Arts–Science Collaboration and Collective Learning (Tania Leimbach, Keith Armstrong)....Pages 241-256 Climate Adapted People Shelters: A Transdisciplinary Reimagining of Public Infrastructure Through Open, Design-Led Innovation (Brent Jacobs, Jochen Schweitzer, Lee Wallace, Suzanne Dunford, Sarah Barns)....Pages 257-274 Reflections on Collective Learning: Open and Closed (Valerie A. Brown)....Pages 275-287 Philosophical Reflections: A Coda (Paul Gibbs)....Pages 289-299