Schäfer Martina, Nagy Emilia, Kny Josefa
Technische Universität Berlin, ZTG - Center for Technology and Society, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104, 10553 Berlin, Germany.
MethodsX. 2024 Jun 5;13:102795. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102795. eCollection 2024 Dec.
The primary objective of transdisciplinary research (TDR) is to contribute to the solution of complex 'real-world' problems by integrating heterogeneous knowledge and achieving societal effects. However, establishing a continuous impact orientation during TDR processes remains a challenge, as the necessary tools are not yet sufficiently available. We developed and tested a half-day workshop format for strengthening the impact-oriented project management and research activities of seven TDR projects. Our findings indicate that the reflective impact workshops supported participants in pursuing societal effects systematically. Applying the methodological approach also fosters TDR process qualities such as knowledge integration. Conducted at different project stages, the results can serve as a basis for monitoring and adapting the project design. The reflective approach•includes scientific and non-scientific TDR project team members,•draws on Theory of Change as a conceptual framework and motivates participants to reflect on plausible impact pathways and make implicit assumptions about interlinkages between different forms of societal effects explicit, and•provides results which enable project partners to adjust their project design for greater societal effectiveness.
跨学科研究（TDR）的主要目标是通过整合异质知识并实现社会效应，为解决复杂的“现实世界”问题做出贡献。然而，在TDR过程中建立持续的影响导向仍然是一项挑战，因为必要的工具尚未充分具备。我们开发并测试了一种为期半天的研讨会形式，以加强七个TDR项目的以影响为导向的项目管理和研究活动。我们的研究结果表明，反思性影响研讨会支持参与者系统地追求社会效应。应用这种方法还能提升TDR过程的质量，如知识整合。在不同项目阶段开展，其结果可作为监测和调整项目设计的依据。这种反思性方法•包括科学和非科学TDR项目团队成员，•借鉴变革理论作为概念框架，促使参与者思考合理的影响路径，并使关于不同形式社会效应之间相互联系的隐含假设变得明确，并且•提供的结果能使项目合作伙伴调整其项目设计，以提高社会有效性。
