Member Publications
The ITD Alliance is pleased to feature publications authored by its members. These published papers, books, chapters, and other material highlight inter- or trandisciplinarity or some other form of boundary crossing or collaborative mode of research and practice. This feature begins in early 2025 and will include publications from late 2024 forward.
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| Member Author(s) | Publication Citation | Description | Date Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umar Ibrahim, Jason Prior | Ibrahim, U., Prior, J. (2024). Planetary Health Governance: A Tool of Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Sustainable Development. In: Filho, W.L., Vidal, D.G., Dinis, M.A.P. (eds) Planetary Health and Climate Change: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change to the Well-Being of Our Planet. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72740-5_17 | The chapter explores planetary health governance as a framework for addressing climate change through transdisciplinary collaborations. It emphasizes integrating diverse sectors and disciplines to foster sustainable development, aligning human health, environmental stewardship, and equitable policy-making to mitigate climate change impacts and promote planetary well-being. | 07-Jan-25 | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72740-5_17 |
| Rick Szostak | Szostak R. Interdisciplinary and Integrative Research. In: Edlund JE, Nichols AL, eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Volume 2: Performing Research. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. Cambridge University Press; 2024:261-282. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000796.013 | The article provides an overview of the literature on how to perform interdisciplinary research. It notes that integrative research can also be pursued within disciplines. | 17-Jan-25 | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009000796.013 |
| Alexandra Lux, Michael Kress-Ludwig, Flurina Schneider | Lux, A., Kreß-Ludwig, M., Schneider, F., 2024. Transdisciplinary Research Process, in: Darbellay, F. (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. Edgar Elgar, pp. 553–557. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch121 | This entry in the Encyclopedia on Inter- and Transdisciplinarity outlines transdisciplinary research as a collaborative process between researchers and societal actors to address real-world problems. It introduces a three-phase model—problem framing, generation of integrated knowledge, and integrative assessment—highlighting the importance of integration, adaptability, reflexivity, and tailoring processes to context-specific transformative goals. | 21-Jan-25 | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch121 |
| Alexandra Lux, Oskar Marg, Flurina Schneider | Lux, A., Marg, O., Schneider, F., 2024. Integration, in: Darbellay, F. (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. Edgar Elgar, pp. 277–280. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch61 | This entry in the Encyclopedia on Inter- and Transdisciplinarity emphasizes the critical role of integration in addressing complex societal problems. It explores how integration connects diverse knowledge systems and entities, supports methodological creativity, and fosters collaboration across cognitive, social, and communicative dimensions. The entry outlines strategies for creating socially robust, scientifically rigorous outcomes tailored to specific project contexts. | 21-Jan-25 | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch61 |
| Sabine Hoffmann, Lisa Deutsch, Michael O’Rourke | Hoffmann, S., Deutsch, L., O’Rourke, M. (2024). Integration experts and expertise. In: Darbellay, F. (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity. ElgarOnline, eBook, pp 273-276. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch60 | This encyclopedia entry focuses on integration experts, who lead, administer, manage, monitor, assess, accompany and/or advise others on integration across science, policy and practice. It identifies integration experts’ diverse roles and discusses their personal qualities (e.g., curiosity, sociability, creativity, reflectivity, humility) and expertise (e.g., contributory expertise, interactional expertise, referred expertise). | 01-Feb-25 | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch60 |
| Sabine Hoffmann | Hoffmann, S. (2024). Synthesizing. In: Darbellay, F. (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity. ElgarOnline, eBook, pp 505-508. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch111 | This encyclopedia entry defines synthesis as an intentional and purposeful collaborative process that generates new knowledge by integrating heterogeneous contributions from different disciplines, fields and sectors across spatial or temporal scales. It introduces different synthesis stages, methods and procedures and discusses challenges inherent in such collaborative processes. | 01-Feb-25 | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch111 |
| Iain Gordon | Cheok, J., van Velden, J., Fulton, E.A., Gordon, I.J., Lyons, I., Peterson, G.D., Wren, L, and Hill, R. (2025). Framings in Indigenous futures thinking: barriers, opportunities, and innovations. Sustainability Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01615-1 | Human societies face existential challenges like climate change and social unrest. Futures thinking, especially from Indigenous perspectives, offers innovative solutions, including unique worldviews and methodologies. This study identifies patterns, highlights innovative approaches, and creates a glossary to aid further research and innovation in Indigenous futures thinking. | 05-Feb-25 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01615-1 |
| Benjamin Hofmann, Hanna Salomon, Sabine Hoffmann | Hofmann, B., Salomon, H. & Hoffmann, S. (2025). Roles of researchers in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research: a reflection tool. Sustainability Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01619-x | The paper introduces a new reflection tool that allows researchers to reflect on their roles in inter- and transdisciplinary projects and on related opportunities, challenges, and coping strategies. It illustrates the tool’s value by reporting results from its application in two inter- and transdisciplinary projects in the area of sustainability. | 20-Feb-25 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01619-x |
| Rick Szostak | Repko, A., Szostak, R., & Phillips Buchberger, M. (2025). Introduction to interdisciplinary studies (4th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc. https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/introduction-to-interdisciplinarystudies-4-279175 | We have made extensive changes in this revision, in response both to many suggestions from instructors and to the burgeoning literature in the field. We have in particular updated our discussions of critical interdisciplinarity and philosophy of interdisciplinarity. We have added an assignment in which students explain their interdisciplinary education to a prospective employer. | 24-Feb-25 | https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/introduction-to-interdisciplinary-studies-4-279175 |
| Benjamin Hofmann, Sabine Hoffmann | Hofmann, B., Fischer, M., Ingold, K., Lieberherr, E. and Hoffmann, S. (2025). Knowledge Cumulation at Science-Policy Interfaces: Opportunities for Environmental Governance Research. Environmental Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2155 | The article argues that knowledge cumulation, a precondition for societal impact of science, happens not only within academia but also at science-policy interfaces (SPIs). It outlines opportunities for knowledge cumulation at SPIs, discusses challenges, and illustrates them with empirical examples on climate change, biodiversity and natural resources, and food systems. The citation in this table links to a read-only version freely shareable on websites: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/GSMXIAYCB9HEWHMPEWDB?target=10.1002/eet.2155. | 14-Mar-25 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/GSMXIAYCB9HEWHMPEWDB?target=10.1002/eet.2155 |
| Lisa Deutsch, Christian Pohl, Sabine Hoffmann | Deutsch, L., Pohl, C., Bresch, D.N., & Hoffmann, S. (2025). Creating favorable conditions for inter- and transdisciplinary integration – An analytical framework and empirical insights. Global Environmental Change, 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102963 | The paper analyses three large inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) initiatives addressing complex social-ecological challenges. It presents a framework to identify entry points of action for transforming structural barriers and offers recommendations for different actor groups to foster ITD integration in the future. | 19-Mar-25 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102963 |
| Lisa Deutsch, Sabine Hoffmann | Deutsch, L., Björnsen, A., Fischer, A., Hama, M.A., Zimmermann, N., Zurbrügg, C., & Hoffmann, S. (2025). Herding cats: integrative leadership strategies in inter- and transdisciplinary research programs. Sustainability Science, 20, 95-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01585-4 | This paper examines the vital role of integrative leadership in inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) sustainability research programs. Drawing on three Swiss case studies, it identifies six core leadership challenges and presents practical strategies, offering guidance for future ITD program design and allocation of leadership resources. | 19-Mar-25 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01585-4 |
| Roosmarijn van Woerden, Iris van der Tuin | van Woerden, R., van Goch, M. M., Schruijer, S. G. L., & van der Tuin, I. (2025). Students’ teamwork behaviour in multidisciplinary student teams: an ethnographic case study. Higher Education Research & Development, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2468394 | Multidisciplinary teamwork is needed to bring together disciplinary insights and to create a more comprehensive understanding of these problems. This study analysed teamwork behaviour of higher education students in multidisciplinary student teams (MSTs), using observational data. | 20-Mar-25 | https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2468394 |
| Rick Szostak | Repko, A., & Szostak, R. (2025). Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory (5th ed.). Sage. https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/interdisciplinary-research-5-282493 | This edition is thoroughly updated to reflect recent literature and advice from instructors. We have in particular added much material aimed at graduate students. We have updated the examples used throughout the text. We have restructured the chapters on integration around a set of integration strategies. We stress that interdisciplinary evaluation complements disciplinary evaluation. | 01-Apr-25 | https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/interdisciplinary-research-5-282493 |
| Brian Belcher | Belcher, B., & Claus, R. (2025). A Quality Assessment Framework for Transdisciplinary Research Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Guidance for Application. MethodsX, 103264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103264 | This article presents a refined framework of TDR quality criteria organized around the principles of relevance, credibility, legitimacy, and positioning for use, and provides guidance for applying the framework in TDR design, monitoring and evaluation, with particular attention to merit review of research proposals. | 02-Apr-25 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103264 |
| Bianca Vienni-Baptista | Simon, D., & Vienni-Baptista, B., (Eds.). (2025). Transformative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Methods for Global Societal Challenges. [Special issue]. Global Social Challenges Journal, 4(1). https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/ journals/gscj/4/1/gscj.4.issue-1.xml | Interdisciplinarity & transdisciplinarity are multidimensional & entail heterogeneous practices, values, institutionalising processes, imaginaries & programmatic approaches. This issue puts this plurality at the centre of attention & shows the wealth of expertise that has been developed while addressing the challenges facing global society. This issue is dedicated to the memory of the late Julie Thompson Klein. | 09-Apr-25 | https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/journals/gscj/4/1/gscj.4.issue-1.xml |
| Merritt Polk | Palmer, H., Polk, M., & Raviola, E. (2025). The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces: uncovering paradoxical conditions for increasing effectiveness through transdisciplinary research approaches. Global Social Challenges Journal, 4(1), 20-45. https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2024D000000027 | Winner of inaugural Julie Thompson Klein prize. “The Editors in Chief found the use of urban governance as the analytical vector very much in line with the core mission of the journal, and particularly valued the authors’ meticulous and deeply transdisciplinary methodology and the clear communication of the implications of their research, both for its methodology per se and for the insights it offers to others working within urban governance.” | 11-Apr-25 | https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2024D000000027 |
ITD Alliance Members: Announce your “just-out” publications
Just had a paper, book or book chapter published? Does it highlight inter- or trandisciplinarity or some other form of boundary crossing or collaborative mode of research and practice? Let us know and we’ll be pleased to feature it in the ITD Alliance News Bulletin and on the ITD Alliance website.
Publication listings should be “just-out” (last few months) and include the:
- full citation,
- brief description of no more than 50 words (due to variable copyright restrictions, we are unable to publish full abstracts), and
- DOI URL.
Publication listings in all languages are welcome. If the publication is in a language other than English, we would welcome an English language translation of the citation and brief description.
Send your publication listings to Caryn Anderson (info@itd-alliance.org) with the subject: Member Publications.