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Transdisciplinariy

Illustration mit drei Figuren, die Kommentare zu einer zentralen Darstellung mit Diagrammen machen

Axel Pfaender für VolkswagenStiftung

Here, we illustrate the work of the Volkswagen Foundation in the field of transdisciplinary research with selected people, projects and funding programmes.

In the Foundation's view, science should further develop interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary forms of cooperation and increasingly involve non-scientific actors in order to find concrete solutions to the pressing problems of our time more quickly. 

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Impulse-Magazin 2024
Publication of the Foundation

IMPULSE magazine: Transdisciplinarity

#Transdisciplinarity

When researchers integrate representatives from other areas of society into their scientific work, new perspectives emerge and it becomes easier to 'do things differently'. In our magazine IMPULSE 2024, we introduce people who take on this challenge out of conviction. Read their stories in the PDF - or request a free printed copy (in German, only).

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Stories #Transdisciplinarity

Eine Frau, die aufmerksam zuhört
Story 06 March 2025

So that everyone can have their say: Citizens' assembly on AI research

Rhetoric expert Anika Kaiser researches how people can make themselves heard on the major issues of our time – artificial intelligence (AI) being a case in point. She is the right person to take care that this grassroots democratic process does not remain too detached from reality: in her first life, she trained as a painter.

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Bucht in Alexandria: Das Wasser steht nah an Hochhäusern
Story 05 February 2025

Sinking Cities: Learning from Cultural Heritage

Coastal cities around the world are at risk of sinking as a result of rising sea levels in the wake of global warming. Urban researcher Hilke Marit Berger asks herself how this can be dealt with, not just technically, but above all socially and emotionally – and searches the past for answers for the future.

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