Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research

About

The ITDR summer school aims to train researchers and research support staff to become an expert in interdisciplinarity. The format is a 5-day intensive and interactive course, based on theoretical insights in the process of creating interdisciplinary research and how to apply these insights in practice.

The summer school invites you in an interactive way to explore the process of building your own research project. Participants will not only learn in theory and practice on how to set up an interdisciplinary (or transdisciplinary including stakeholders) project, the course should also result in an inter- or transdisciplinary project proposal or research plan (in case the project has already started). At the end of the course participants will present their ITDR case

Target group

This summer school is intended for and open to:

- predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers aiming to submit an FWO Fellowship at the FWO Interdisciplinary Panel for the upcoming call
- researchers, research teams and/or research support staff aiming to prepare and/or support an interdisciplinary project, preferably to be submitted in the upcoming 12 months
- researchers actively working on interdisciplinary projects or with ITDR teams and interested in understanding the dynamics of ITDR projects better

Course aim

- Researchers gain knowledge and a process framework to initiate interdisciplinaryresearch and enhance its design and implementation
- Researchers acquire knowledge of inter- and transdisciplinary researchmethodologies and interdisciplinary thinking
- Researchers gain insights into and expand their knowledge of other disciplines andcollaboration with these disciplines by engaging with colleagues from differentfields and experts in interdisciplinary research
- Researchers develop broader soft skills, such as presenting and facilitating meetingswhere diverse people and perspectives must align.

Fee info

The tuition fee includes course material, coffee breaks, lunches and a welcome dinner. It does not include travel and accommodation.