2017
2017/12/18 – First information event for upcoming case study
Download the slides from the first information event for the upcoming transdisciplinary case study in the Spring term 2018 Downloadhere. (PDF, 1.2 MB)
2017/09/25 – Report about Td premises in "KMU Magazin"
Read the article(in German) of Annina Coradi and Florian Rittiner external pagehere.
2017/09/13 – Movie about "TdLab’s Transdisciplinary Case Study" is online
The film about the 2016 case study in the Seychelles can be viewed here.
2017/08/29 – PhD defense of Rosemarie McMahon
Rosemarie McMahon successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "An interdisciplinary study on scientific visual communication in the context of climate change".
2017/08/14 – New Publication in Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
The Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine has published a study that resulted from the concluded MACOCC project and Martin Hitziger's PhD in Guatemala. Using an innovative transdisciplinary approach, it sheds light on the interface of traditional healing and biomedicine in Guatemala from the perspective of indigenous patients. The publication also demonstrates that such approaches are useful to build trust and facilitate mutual learning, even in conflictive socio-cultural contexts. The study thus suggests a methodological approach for initiating intercultural medical care in developing countries. The research was conducted in collaboration with Councils of Maya Elders, the National Cancer Institute of Guatemala, and other partners. Funding was provided by ETH Zurich and the COGITO foundation.
2017/07/24 – Supplement in Seychellois Newspapers
2017/06/28 – Movie Launch “TdLab’s Transdisciplinary Case Study”
On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, the TdLab launched its movie on the Masters course “Transdisciplinary Case Study”. The movie is one of the different follow-up activities to last year’s case study in the Seychelles. See here for impressions and further information.
2017/06/18-20 – Final Events of Case Study 2017
On Sunday, June 18, and Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the case study Students presented and discussed their results from four different interventions around sustainable food practices. See here for impressions and further information.
2017/06/12 – Report on the course "Environmental Problem Solving"
Read more on the department's website
2017/04/10 – Case Study Report on Seychelles News Agency's website
2017/04/05 – The Winter School "Science meets Practice" successfully concludes for 2017
Now in its 7th year, the CCES Winter School "Science meets Practice" took place in early January and February 2017 at Propstei Wislikofen (AG). A total of 19 participants, PhDs and postdocs from institutions of the ETH domain and internationally, took part in proceedings. Read more
2017/03/27 – First paper presenting TdLab’s teaching methods published
To read the full article please visit the external pageGAIA web site.
2017/03/14 – New Publication in Applied Energy
DeCarolis J., Daly H., Dodds P., Keppo I., Li G. N. F., McDowall W., Pye S., Strachan N., Trutnevyte E., Usher W., Winning M., Yeh S., Zeyringer M. (2017). Formalizing best practice for energy system optimization modelling. Applied Energy 194, 184-198. doi: external page10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.001
2017/02/10 – Fairmed article mentioned by swissnews
To read the full report please visit the external pageSWI web site.
2017/02/08 – Td Case Studies mentioned in ISCN report
2017/01/25 – New Publication in Research Policy
Hoffmann, S., Pohl, C., & Hering, J. G. (2017). Exploring transdisciplinary integration within a large research program: Empirical lessons from four thematic synthesis processes. Research Policy 46(3). 678–692. doi: external page10.1016/j.respol.2017.01.004
2017/01/01 – Michael Stauffacher serving as speaker of the TdLab in 2017
The co-directors of the TdLab have decided to select Michael Stauffacher as speaker for the year 2017, Christian Pohl will take over for 2018 and Pius Krütli for 2019.