Courses

Course details

Master students

Integration in science, policy and practice: inter- and transdisciplinary concepts, methods and tools

This course is offered in the Master programs of D-​USYS (environmental and agricultural sciences). The course advances students subject-​ and method-​specific competencies to analyse complex environmental and societal problems in order to design effective research and policies to address them. Integration, in this course, is an integral part of inter-​ and transdisciplinary research. It implies the co-​production and synthesis of different knowledges, perspectives, insights, interests, expectations and collaborative approaches towards a problem and its potential solutions. It is a fundamental process in research when collaborating across scientific disciplines (e.g., natural and social sciences) and working at the interface between science, policy and practice. The course offers a hands-​on experiential setting together with empirical cases situated at that interface. More details here.

TdCase Study

The transdisciplinary case study (tdCS) is part of the minor "TDforSD" in both Master programs of D-USYS (environmental and agricultural sciences) but can be selected as elective course by all Master students from ETH, especially as well from Master students in D-BAUG (e.g. environmental engineering). Check more details here.

PhDs and Postdocs

Seminar "Transdisciplinary Research: challenges of interdisciplinarity and stakeholder engagement"

This seminar is designed for PhD students and PostDoc researchers involved in inter- or transdisciplinary research. It addresses and discusses the challenges of this kind of research using scientific literature presenting case studies, concepts, theories, methods and through testing practical tools. It concludes with a 10-step approach to make participants' research projects more societally relevant. See more details here.