Date & Time: February 26, 2025, from 10.30am – 12.00pm IST (India). (convert to your time zone)
Location: Online, Open to all
Join: https://iitmandi.webex.com/iitmandi/j.php?MTID=m02804bcf930236535eb8e543deb3c3dd
Register (pre-register before 24 February to receive a calendar invite): https://forms.gle/wmV7hMmUn4qVkr5w6

Description: On 26 February 2025 (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM), a dialogue on “Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability” will be organized by the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD Alliance). Gabriele Bammer from the Australian National University and President, ITD Alliance and Sharachchandra Lele, Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Policy and Governance at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment (ATREE), will be the speakers in the online event, moderated by Seema Purushothaman, President, INSEE. This dialogue is an effort by INSEE and the ITD Alliance to create platforms for deliberating knowledge pathways towards imagining and ushering in sustainable societies. For more information and speaker biographies, see: https://ecoinsee.org/news/45c48cce2e2d7fbdea1afc51c7c6ad26

A report on the event will be posted here when available.

A collaboration with the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE).

Date & Time: February 10, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM CET. (convert to your time zone)
Location: Online, Open to all, Register to receive link
Registration: Register online by January 24: https://cloud.scnat.ch/drive/d/s/112Lt4OHbb7vWCBcThJtuGeJ5N1sGseU/lOEVD8rhuL21efxss04UGHc5U-E6XocE-_L-A_eK61ws

Description: In this session, the Quality and Rigour Project within the Toolkits & Methods working group invites participants to explore which quality and rigor criteria from traditional research methods can be applied to ITD methods, which may not be applicable, and which might require adaptation. Additionally, we will consider whether entirely new quality criteria are needed for ITD methods, beyond those used for traditional research methods. We will conclude with a discussion on the project’s next steps.

A report on the event will be posted here when available.

Date & Time: February 5, 2025, 1500h – 1630h, CET (GMT +1hr). (convert to your time zone)
Location: Online, Open to all
Registration: Email Minea Mader (minea.maeder@scnat.ch) to receive calendar invite and meeting link

Description: During the ITD Conference 2024 in Utrecht participants talked about the relevance of transformative change for ITD research.

Interested members would like to further these exchanges by inviting you to an informal discussion on ITD and the topic of transformative change on February 5th 2025 (15h – 16h30 GMT+1). At the end, we would like to talk about the relevance and general interest in creating an ITD Alliance working group specifically dedicated to these issues. What are you particularly interested when it comes to transformative change? What are topics you are passionate about in this thematic area? What would be your needs for this potential working group and what would you like to contribute? Who do you think would be interested in taking part? (actors from academia, policy, practice, etc.)

Agenda

• 15h Welcome and ice-breaker
• 15h10 – 16h Brief input from Sierra Deutsch on transformative change, ITD, and justice, followed by discussion
• 16h – 16h30 Discuss working group creation
• 16h30 Closing

Event Report: On 5 February 2025 an online networking and exchange meeting took place to explore potential interest in forming a working group on the topic of transformative change & justice within the Global Alliance for ITD. Participants explored common interests and found that the working group would be complementary to existing working groups. While there was great interest and motivation to continue the exchange, it was decided to currently not move forward with establishing a formal working group given lack of resources at this point in time. However, interested participants are encouraged to set up their own one-time webinar/coffee break/event and use this network as a resource moving forward.

Documentation of the meeting(s) as well as a list of interested participants who could be contacted for any future events or ideas for re-activating the idea of a working group can be found here. In case of interest, please add your name in the list at the bottom of the document as well. The recordings of the two presentations given during the online meeting can be found here.

Date & Time: January 17, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CET. (convert to your time zone)
Location: Online, Open to all, Register to receive link
Registration: Register online by January 12: https://cloud.scnat.ch/drive/d/s/11IyKG6r2t9JkhDri2B4TmiAUHsTMwFp/9GEEofl2MIgvBNUZZA_D5kL7Jociwcek-Q7JAvlea5As
Can’t attend but want to meet others? Please register anyway to receive instructions for engaging with our Miro board.

Description: The ITD-Alliance Working Group on Toolkits & Methods will start the new year of 2025 with an online Meet & Greet event for toolkit and method enthusiasts. Please join us, whether you are already a member of the WG or simply curious about the fun we’re having.

History: Since 2021 the Working Group on Toolkits & Methods gathers experts around the joint interest to advance their respective fields with toolkits that support research collaborations beyond disciplines. We adopt a pluralistic approach towards the discussion of tools and methods for projects that may be framed as cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, collaborative, integrative and the like. You can find information about our ongoing projects and publications here: https://itd-alliance.org/working-groups/toolkits_methods/

The group is open to everyone with experience in developing methods and tools, as well as those with a major interest in toolkit development and reflection on the use of methods & toolkits. 

Event: For our Meet & Greet event on January 17, 2025, we will gather virtually—asynchronously on Miro and synchronously on Zoom for an hour. The event will include a brief, informal presentation; space to share ideas and interests from our (new, potential, or founding) members; and updates on ongoing projects. We will conclude by deciding ‘next steps to action.’

You are warmly invited to join us for this event, and we’re excited to hear about the topics and ideas you bring! We’re looking forward to meeting you!

A report on the event will be posted here when available.

Date & Time: Wednesday, 14 November and Thursday, 15 November (2 meetings to cover all time zones). Sessions will be one hour.
Location: Online – Join us in the Zoom meeting room
Description: Members and those interested in joining the ITD Alliance are invited to join us to make new connections and exchange ideas in a lightly structured online conversation.

Report: Online networking events, Report by Gabriele Bammer [from 25 November 2024 News Bulletin]

The energy and enthusiasm of the face-to-face networking event in Utrecht was mirrored – at a much smaller scale – by the 4 attendees at one online event. We savoured the opportunity to get to know each other better and to explore the benefits of small events, discussing how we might continue such opportunities in future. We also explored how we could promote intersections with like-minded communities, especially organising joint events. We realised that the ITD Alliance news bulletin is a vehicle through which individuals or small groups can organise opportunities to connect with like-minded others, and that this can be one-off or occasional, rather than as an on-going commitment. We also discussed the needs of practitioners and how the ITD Alliance can expand its activities to also provide a supportive home for them.

Date & Time: Friday, 8 November, 9am – 1:30pm (Utrecht, The Netherlands time)
Location: At the ITD24 conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Het Vriendenplein meeting room
Description: Members and those interested in joining the ITD Alliance are invited to make new connections and exchange ideas in a semi-structured morning of fun and thought-provoking networking activities.

Report: ITD24 Networking and Member Exchange Session, Report by session facilitators, Helena Guimarães and Theres Paulsen [from 25 November 2024 News Bulletin]

This session provided a forum for members and other attendees to discuss ideas and activities, with a focus on how the ITD Alliance, as an alliance of mostly volunteers, could provide a vehicle for members in undertaking activities they are passionate about. Attendance was estimated at 40-50. In the first half of the session, participants formed pairs or small groups with people they did not know to meet and share ideas. Ideas for new working groups were proposed covering transformative justice (examining change and power balance) and encouraging organizational change within institutions to support ITD. Other ideas discussed included practitioner engagement, developing local networks, advice on access to funding, learning from other alliances, ideas for education and curriculum development, building a repository of case studies, and institutionalising ITD.

The second part of the session focused on the three established working groups – Early Career Researchers, Toolkits and Methods, Integration Experts and Expertise – as well as providing opportunities to meet for those interested in the newly proposed working groups and an already-planned working group on education and training. Participants were also encouraged to submit any new ideas via the ITD Alliance Ideas Board on the website.

Overall, the session was full of positive energy. We look forward to seeing how the ideas proposed at the networking meeting develop!