Black Daniel, Scally Gabriel, Orme Judy, Hunt Alistair, Pilkington Paul, Lawrence Roderick, Ebi Kristie
UWE Bristol Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY UK.
Department of Economics University of Bath Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY UK.
Glob Chall. 2018 Aug 7;3(4):1700103. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700103. eCollection 2019 Apr.
This paper describes the development, conceptualization, and implementation of a transdisciplinary research pilot, the aim of which is to understand how human and planetary health could become a priority for those who control the urban development process. Key challenges include a significant dislocation between academia and the real world, alongside systemic failures in valuation and assessment mechanisms. The National Institutes of Health four-phase model of transdisciplinary team-based research is drawn on and adapted to reflect on what has worked well and what has not operationally. Results underscore the need for experienced academics open to new collaborations and ways of working; clarity of leadership without compromising exploration; clarification of the poorly understood "impacts interface" and navigation toward effective real world impact; acknowledgement of the additional time and resource required for transdisciplinary research and "nonacademic" researchers. Having practitioner-researchers as part of the research leadership team requires rigourous reflective practice and effective management, but it can also ensure breadth in transdisciplinary outlook as well as constant course correction toward real-world impact. It is important for the research community to understand better the opportunities and limitations provided by knowledge intermediaries in terms of function, specialism, and experience.
本文描述了一项跨学科研究试点项目的开展、概念形成与实施情况，其目的是了解如何让人类健康和地球健康成为城市发展进程掌控者的优先事项。主要挑战包括学术界与现实世界之间的严重脱节，以及评估机制方面的系统性失灵。借鉴并调整了美国国立卫生研究院基于团队的跨学科研究四阶段模型，以反思哪些方面运作良好，哪些方面在实际操作中存在问题。结果强调了需要有经验丰富且愿意开展新合作及采用新工作方式的学者；在不影响探索的前提下明确领导力；阐明理解不足的“影响界面”并朝着有效的现实世界影响迈进；认识到跨学科研究以及“非学术”研究人员需要额外的时间和资源。让实践型研究人员成为研究领导团队的一员需要严格的反思实践和有效管理，但这也能确保跨学科视野的广度以及不断朝着现实世界影响进行方向调整。研究界必须更好地了解知识中介机构在功能、专业领域和经验方面所带来的机遇和局限。
