WIMEK aims to be a front runner in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches.

WIMEK seeks at developing an integrated understanding of environmental change and its impact on people, society and nature. 

Contact person:
Postdoc Transdiciplinarity 
Dr. JR (Jillian) Student

jillian.student@wur.nl 

Transdisciplinary courses

Foundations of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research course 27 May to June 3rd, 2026

Making Impact: Increasing the relevance of research through science-society interaction, latest edition: 2 & 3 February 2026

Multistakeholder collaboration for equitable and climate-resilient landscapes, free, open access course

Online courses, start at any time

An Impact Outlook for your research (NWO, EN)

Een Impact Outlook voor je onderzoek (NWO, NL)

MOOC: Co-creating sustainable cities

Multistakeholder collaboration for equitable and climate-resilient landscapes

Narratives in sustainability transformations (tdAcademy)

Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS Centre)

Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges (University of Basel)

Transformative Citizen Science for Sustainability (edX)

Working with an Impact Plan (NWO, EN)

Werken met een Impact Plan (NWO, NL)

Past courses (possibly repeating)

Citizen Science Summer School (ETH Zurich), latest edition: 5-9 June 2023, next edition: 2025

ESA RN12 Environment and Society Summer school: "Research Horizons for Energy and Society" - Social sciences' rol in energy research, latest edition: 4-5 September 2023, Italy

Summer School 2023: "Doing Justice! Doing Just This! - Understanding justice in transdisciplinary and transformative research", latest edition: 28-29 June 2023, Germany

Transformative research for global social-environmental challenges (WIMEK), 22 April -3 May 2024

Past courses

Transdisciplinary Quality of Life Summer School: Digital Innovations for a Happier, Healthier Aging: A Transdisciplinary Training, 1-5 July 2024, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

International Summer School - Transdisciplinarity: methods and tools for dealing with sustainability and land use conflict, 14-20 September 2024, Germany

WIAS: Interdisciplinary Skills Training, 24-25 October 2024

Other resources

Not just in our heads: Embodied and creative practices for creating connection

Transdisciplinary events

Upcoming WUR events

Save the date: TRED community day 2 July 2026 ! For more information, you can contact wimek@wur.nl  or Jillian Student at jillian.student@wur.nl  

(Past) WUR events

TRED community day 2025

(Past) External events, meetings, webinars, and workshops

On the context-sensitive Selection and Adaptation of Formats in Transdisciplinary Research – towards an International Perspective | 17 October 2024, Online

6th National Interdisciplinary Education Conference: Boundary Crossing. Transdisciplinary teaching and learning: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Beyond Buzzwords, 4-8 November 2024, Utrecht

Conference: Co-creating projects for a Circular Society | 6 November 2024, Ede

Webinar: The what and how of transdisciplinary (TD) learning, 6 December, (led by BinBin Pearce Gemma O’Sullivan, Ulrike Zeshan, and Jillian Student)

2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance: Bridging Sciences and Societies for Sustainable Transformations, 24-26 October 2023, Nijmegen

Transdisciplinary communication

Blogs

Towards fair transdisciplinary collaborations that honour epistemic justice – Integration and Implementation Insights (i2insights.org)

Understanding exclusion, sharing benefits and building in reflection in transdisciplinary collaborations (i2insights.org)

Not just in our heads: Embodied and creative practices for creating connection

Science for Policy Podcast: Transdisciplinary research for policymaking (May 2023)

Innovative Education for Transformative Change (March 2022)

SPLENDID opportunities for adaptation in challenging times (Febr 2022)

Toilets and Transdisciplinarity (Jan 2022)

What is the similarity between an iceberg and a fisherman? (Oct 2021)

Webinars

Intereach Webinar series (October 2025-June 2026)

Transdisciplinary partners, networks and projects

Transformative Learning Hub

Centre for Unusual Collaborations

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)

Future natures

tdAcademy (Germany)

Transdisciplinary tools and resources

Methods and tools for co-producing knowledge (Swiss Academy of Science)

Cross-boundary education tools (EduSources)

Repository - Methods for Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS Centre)

Praktijkgids Transdisciplinair werken (Community Sociaal Circulair / Het Groene Brein, 8 mei 2023)

Video (EN): The what and how of transdisciplinary (TD) learning

Publications

Handbook on Transdisciplinary learning by Philipp and Schmohl, August 2023

Sustainability transitions and the contribution of living labs, by Bouwma et al, 2022

Theory of change in inter- and transdisciplinary research, blog Integration and Implementation Insights by Josefa Kny, Sabine Hoffman, Emilia Naby and Martina Schäfer, 21 February 2023

The responsive and constitutive character of transdisciplinarity: consequences for higher education, webinar Ulli Vilsmaier (Responsive Research Collective, Switzerland), 7 December 2022

The Role of Transdisciplinarity in Objects, Workshop Report of the Toronto Earth System Governance Conference, October 2022

Barriers to interdisciplinarity: an early career researchers' perspective on urban climate governance, report of session on the ESG Toronto conference, 20 October 2022