期刊
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
卷 17, 期 6, 页码 2331-2345出版社
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01201-3
关键词
Transdisciplinarity; Context; Global South; Epistemology
资金
- Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme) - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) [152167]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [P2BEP2_191790]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [P2BEP2_191790] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Transdisciplinary research is influenced by contextual characteristics, and challenges may arise in TDR due to factors such as socio-political situations and weak infrastructure support in Southern research sites. There is significant variation in contextual characteristics in the global South, which requires pragmatic adaptations and reflection on epistemological concepts in TDR.
Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been developed to generate knowledge that effectively fosters the capabilities of various societal actors to realize sustainability transformations. The development of TDR theories, principles, and methods has been largely governed by researchers from the global North and has reflected their contextual conditions. To enable more context-sensitive TDR framing, we sought to identify which contextual characteristics affect the design and implementation of TDR in six case studies in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and what this means for TDR as a scientific approach. To this end, we distinguished four TDR process elements and identified several associated context dimensions that appeared to influence them. Our analysis showed that contextual characteristics prevalent in many Southern research sites-such as highly volatile socio-political situations and relatively weak support infrastructure-can make TDR a challenging endeavour. However, we also observed a high degree of variation in the contextual characteristics of our sites in the global South, including regarding group deliberation, research freedom, and dominant perceptions of the appropriate relationship between science, society, and policy. We argue that TDR in these contexts requires pragmatic adaptations as well as more fundamental reflection on underlying epistemological concepts around what it means to conduct good science, as certain contextual characteristics may influence core epistemological values of TDR.
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