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Fourth edition (2024): Taking stock from three decades of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research for social transformations: fostering justice, pluralism and sustainability
On 28 November 2024, the fourth edition of the “Conference on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development" took place in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
This conference was co-organised with the European University Circle U. and the SEED research center from ULiege.
Programme
14:00 - 16:00 keynote presentations (also livestreamed)
Topic: stock taking of three decades of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary for social transformations
Keynote 1- Assessing the impacts of urban real-world-labs for sustainability transformations: insights from co-evaluation processes
Karoline Augenstein - Jun.-Prof. Dr. for Policy analysis, transformation research and sustainability, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Keynote 2 - Dealing with contradictions and competing viewpoints in research on place-based transformations.
Olivier Coutard - Research director, CNRS (77447 Champs-sur-Marne), France
Keynote 3 - Experiential knowledge from patient groups in biomedical research and delivery of medical care
Madeleine Akrich - Research director, Sociology of Innovation, Ecole des Mines, Paris, France
Keynote 4 - Whose problems, whose solutions? Addressing tensions between digital transformation and environmental sustainability
Ulrike Felt - Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna (Austria)
16:00-18:00 Panel discussion and Interactive workshop (onsite only)
Topic : Defining a research agenda for the science of transformative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
Methodology: Interactive research seminar with research directors at UCLouvain and international senior researchers
16h-17h Open panel discussion with the key-notes and the coordinators of the UCLouvain seminar on transdisciplinary research methodologies
17h-18h Parallel working groups and plenary discussion based on an evaluation grid for assessing interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research
18H-20H Networking cocktail