Since the General Assembly in October 2025, the Organizational Change for Inter‑ and Transdisciplinarity Working Group has continued to develop as a practice‑oriented forum supporting institutions in advancing inter‑ and transdisciplinary (ITD) research and education. The Working Group brings together researchers, leaders, managers, and administrative professionals from diverse organizational contexts to exchange experiences and co‑develop insights on institutional change for ITD.

A core activity during the reporting period has been the continuation of a structured series of online workshops following a shared “Common Room” format. In December 2025, the Working Group hosted its second workshop on Developing an Interdisciplinary Workforce for the Institutionalization of Interdisciplinarity, featuring a thematic presentation from Université Laval on competency frameworks for interdisciplinary training, followed by a commentator from Utrecht University and a moderated discussion and breakout sessions. The workshop attracted more than 20 participants from multiple regions and generated active peer learning around skills, organizational roles, and institutional strategies.

In parallel, the Working Group has advanced two longer‑term collaborative initiatives: the Library Project, aimed at collecting and annotating key literature and practical resources on organizational change for ITD in a Zotero database, and the Impact Project, which focuses on advocacy and influence in policy, funding, and publishing contexts. Together, these initiatives support shared reference points and practical guidance across institutional settings.

Looking ahead, the group is preparing contributions and sessions for ITD27, while continuing its workshop series and collaborative projects to strengthen institutional capacities for inter‑ and transdisciplinary work. Updates and recordings of previous meetings are available in the Working Group website, https://itd-alliance.org/working-groups/organizational-change-for-itd/.

This project is a part of the Integration Experts and Expertise working group, collegially referred to as the “Value Project” has continued with online workshops. Its central focus is developing ways to assess and articulate the contributions of integration expertise in inter- and transdisciplinary research, education and practice. The project explores both how the value created by integration experts can be meaningfully traced and captured, and how these contributions can be more effectively communicated and recognised in various settings.

The inaugural workshop in October 2025 was followed by a second workshop in January, with 17 participants. A third workshop was held in late April with a smaller group, allowing for more focused discussion. Across the workshop series, activities have centred on identifying current challenges, eliciting and capturing stories of value created by integration experts, as well as identifying ways to better assess, evidence and communicate the contributions of integration experts. This work is now being synthesised into a shared roadmap, alongside preparations for a proposed workshop at ITD27. The convenors of the Value Project are Giedre Kligyte, University of Technology Sydney; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson and Helena Grönqvist, Uppsala University and Ekaterina Kutafina, University of Cologne.

Since October 2025, the ITD Alliance Early Career Researchers Working Group has:

1. We have submitted an abstract for Handbook on Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Co-Creating New Narratives, relating the role of reflexivity both as individual and dialogic mode of research practice.
2. Launched the ITD PhD Supervision Guide on the ITD Alliance website.
3. Along with this, the co-authors have also published a blog piece for “Integration and implementation insights”. This supervision guide is in the process of being disseminated to various universities in the Netherlands, as well as other countries.
4. We have continued to meet each month. The topics of our virtual coffees have covered presentations and discussions on “The role of values as approach and positionality in TD research”, “Autoethnography as a TD research methodology”, “Power and TD research”, “Questioning TD”, “Dialogue and Interaction in Academic and Peer Contexts”