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Suzanne Martin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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principles for fostering the Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Jennifer Boger, Jan Miller Polgar, Piper Jackson, Judith Sixsmith, Andrew Sixsmith, Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, Maurice Mulvenna, Alex Mihailidis, Suzanne MartinAbstract:AbstractDeveloping useful and usable assistive technologies often presents complex (or “wicked”) challenges that require input from multiple disciplines and sectors. Transdisciplinary collaboration can enable holistic understanding of challenges that may lead to innovative, impactful and transformative solutions. This paper presents generalised principles that are intended to foster Transdisciplinary assistive technology development. The paper introduces the area of assistive technology design before discussing general aspects of Transdisciplinary collaboration followed by an overview of relevant concepts, including approaches, methodologies and frameworks for conducting and evaluating Transdisciplinary working and assistive technology design. The principles for Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies are presented and applied post hoc to the COACH project, an ambient-assisted living technology for guiding completion of activities of daily living by older adults with dementia as an illustr...
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principles for fostering the Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Jennifer Boger, Jan Miller Polgar, Piper Jackson, Judith Sixsmith, Andrew Sixsmith, Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, Maurice Mulvenna, Alex Mihailidis, Suzanne MartinAbstract:Developing useful and usable assistive technologies often presents complex (or "wicked") challenges that require input from multiple disciplines and sectors. Transdisciplinary collaboration can enable holistic understanding of challenges that may lead to innovative, impactful and transformative solutions. This paper presents generalised principles that are intended to foster Transdisciplinary assistive technology development. The paper introduces the area of assistive technology design before discussing general aspects of Transdisciplinary collaboration followed by an overview of relevant concepts, including approaches, methodologies and frameworks for conducting and evaluating Transdisciplinary working and assistive technology design. The principles for Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies are presented and applied post hoc to the COACH project, an ambient-assisted living technology for guiding completion of activities of daily living by older adults with dementia as an illustrative example. Future work includes the refinement and validation of these principles through their application to real-world Transdisciplinary assistive technology projects. Implications for rehabilitation Transdisciplinarity encourages a focus on real world 'wicked' problems. A Transdisciplinary approach involves transcending disciplinary boundaries and collaborating with interprofessional and community partners (including the technology's intended users) on a shared problem. Transdisciplinarity fosters new ways of thinking about and doing research, development, and implementation, expanding the scope, applicability, and commercial viability of assistive technologies.
Jennifer Boger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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principles for fostering the Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Jennifer Boger, Jan Miller Polgar, Piper Jackson, Judith Sixsmith, Andrew Sixsmith, Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, Maurice Mulvenna, Alex Mihailidis, Suzanne MartinAbstract:AbstractDeveloping useful and usable assistive technologies often presents complex (or “wicked”) challenges that require input from multiple disciplines and sectors. Transdisciplinary collaboration can enable holistic understanding of challenges that may lead to innovative, impactful and transformative solutions. This paper presents generalised principles that are intended to foster Transdisciplinary assistive technology development. The paper introduces the area of assistive technology design before discussing general aspects of Transdisciplinary collaboration followed by an overview of relevant concepts, including approaches, methodologies and frameworks for conducting and evaluating Transdisciplinary working and assistive technology design. The principles for Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies are presented and applied post hoc to the COACH project, an ambient-assisted living technology for guiding completion of activities of daily living by older adults with dementia as an illustr...
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principles for fostering the Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2017Co-Authors: Jennifer Boger, Jan Miller Polgar, Piper Jackson, Judith Sixsmith, Andrew Sixsmith, Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, Maurice Mulvenna, Alex Mihailidis, Suzanne MartinAbstract:Developing useful and usable assistive technologies often presents complex (or "wicked") challenges that require input from multiple disciplines and sectors. Transdisciplinary collaboration can enable holistic understanding of challenges that may lead to innovative, impactful and transformative solutions. This paper presents generalised principles that are intended to foster Transdisciplinary assistive technology development. The paper introduces the area of assistive technology design before discussing general aspects of Transdisciplinary collaboration followed by an overview of relevant concepts, including approaches, methodologies and frameworks for conducting and evaluating Transdisciplinary working and assistive technology design. The principles for Transdisciplinary development of assistive technologies are presented and applied post hoc to the COACH project, an ambient-assisted living technology for guiding completion of activities of daily living by older adults with dementia as an illustrative example. Future work includes the refinement and validation of these principles through their application to real-world Transdisciplinary assistive technology projects. Implications for rehabilitation Transdisciplinarity encourages a focus on real world 'wicked' problems. A Transdisciplinary approach involves transcending disciplinary boundaries and collaborating with interprofessional and community partners (including the technology's intended users) on a shared problem. Transdisciplinarity fosters new ways of thinking about and doing research, development, and implementation, expanding the scope, applicability, and commercial viability of assistive technologies.
Daniel Stokols - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the ecology of team science understanding contextual influences on Transdisciplinary collaboration
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008Co-Authors: Daniel Stokols, Shalini Misra, Richard P Moser, Kara L Hall, Brandie K TaylorAbstract:Increased public and private investments in large-scale team science initiatives over the past two decades have underscored the need to better understand how contextual factors influence the effectiveness of Transdisciplinary scientific collaboration. Toward that goal, the findings from four distinct areas of research on team performance and collaboration are reviewed: (1) social psychological and management research on the effectiveness of teams in organizational and institutional settings; (2) studies of cyber-infrastructures (i.e., computer-based infrastructures) designed to support Transdisciplinary collaboration across remote research sites; (3) investigations of community-based coalitions for health promotion; and (4) studies focusing directly on the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of scientific collaboration within Transdisciplinary research centers and training programs. The empirical literature within these four domains reveals several contextual circumstances that either facilitate or hinder team performance and collaboration. A typology of contextual influences on Transdisciplinary collaboration is proposed as a basis for deriving practical guidelines for designing, managing, and evaluating successful team science initiatives.
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toward a science of Transdisciplinary action research
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2006Co-Authors: Daniel StokolsAbstract:This paper offers a conceptual framework for establishing a science of Transdisciplinary action research. Lewin's (1951) concept of action research highlights the scientific and societal value of translating psychological research into community problem-solving strategies. Implicit in Lewin's formulation is the importance of achieving effective collaboration among behavioral researchers, community members and policy makers. The present analysis builds on Lewin's analysis by outlining programmatic directions for the scientific study of Transdisciplinary research and community action. Three types of collaboration, and the contextual circumstances that facilitate or hinder them, are examined: (1) collaboration among scholars representing different disciplines; (2) collaboration among researchers from multiple fields and community practitioners representing diverse professional and lay perspectives; and (3) collaboration among community organizations across local, state, national, and international levels. In the present analysis, Transdisciplinary action research is viewed as a topic of scientific study in its own right to achieve a more complete understanding of prior collaborations and to identify strategies for refining and sustaining future collaborations (and their intended outcomes) among researchers, community members and organizations.
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gauging the Transdisciplinary qualities and outcomes of doctoral training programs
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2005Co-Authors: Michal Mitrany, Daniel StokolsAbstract:A key assumption underlying recent investments toward establishing Transdisciplinary research centers and training programs is that cross-disciplinary research and training provide a stronger basis...
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in vivo studies of Transdisciplinary scientific collaboration lessons learned and implications for active living research
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2005Co-Authors: Daniel Stokols, Juliana Fuqua, Jennifer Gress, Richard Harvey, Kimari PhillipsAbstract:The past 2 decades have witnessed a surge of interest and investment in Transdisciplinary research teams and centers. Only recently, however, have efforts been made to evaluate the collaborative processes and scientific and public policy outcomes of these endeavors. This paper offers a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating Transdisciplinary research, and describes a large-scale national initiative, the National Institutes of Health Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURCs) program, undertaken to promote cross-disciplinary scientific collaboration in the field of tobacco use science and prevention. A 5-year evaluation of collaborative processes and outcomes observed across multiple TTURC centers conducted during 1999 to 2004 is described. The findings highlight key contextual circumstances faced by participating centers (i.e., the breadth of disciplines and departments represented by each center, the extent to which members had worked together on prior projects, spatial proximity among researchers' offices, and frequency of their face-to-face interaction) that influenced their readiness for collaboration and prompted them to follow different pathways toward Transdisciplinary integration. Implications of these findings for developing and evaluating future Transdisciplinary research initiatives in the field of active living research are discussed.
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Transdisciplinary collaboration as a basis for enhancing the science and prevention of substance use and abuse
Substance Use & Misuse, 2004Co-Authors: Juliana Fuqua, Daniel Stokols, Jennifer Gress, Kimari Phillips, Richard HarveyAbstract:Transdisciplinary scientific collaborations (TDSCs) have the potential to strengthen substance use and misuse research and prevention. Despite its growing prominence as a mode for scientific research, research on TDSC remains in a nascent form and its value to the field of substance use and misuse merits further exploration. The overarching purpose of this article is to examine the potential contributions of Transdisciplinary science to research and prevention using conceptualizations, methods, and evidence from a case study of two university-based research centers. The article provides (a) a discussion of the societal context and historical developments that have prompted increasing interest in TDSC; (b) a definition and conceptualization of TDSC; (c) a methodological approach for studying TDSC; (d) initial findings from the case study that reflect instances of Transdisciplinary intellectual integration and it examines implications of these methods and findings for future research and policy development relevant to substance use and misuse.
Katie Meehan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the geopolitics of climate knowledge mobilization Transdisciplinary research at the science policy interface s in the americas
Science Technology & Human Values, 2018Co-Authors: Katie Meehan, Nicole Klenk, Fabian MendezAbstract:Climate change and sustainability science have become more international in scope and Transdisciplinary in nature, in response to growing expectations that scientific knowledge directly informs col...
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climate change and Transdisciplinary science problematizing the integration imperative
Environmental Science & Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Nicole Klenk, Katie MeehanAbstract:Abstract In this article we critically examine the ‘integration imperative’ in Transdisciplinary environmental science and build on social constructivist and political theories to suggest alternative approaches of knowledge co-production in Transdisciplinary settings. Our argument builds upon a body of literature in social studies of science to cull insights about knowledge co-production, social learning, and the ecology of team science, particularly as it relates to climate change adaptation. Couched in this Transdisciplinary literature, we demonstrate, is the assumption that integration necessarily can and should be a regulative ideal. We critique this assumption by examining the ‘messy’ politics of achieving consensus among radically different, and sometimes irreconcilable, ways of knowing. We argue that the integration imperative conceals the friction, antagonism, and power inherent in knowledge co-production, which in turn can exclude innovative and experimental ways of understanding and adapting to climate change. By way of conclusion, the final section explores three alternative models of knowledge co-production – triangulation, the multiple evidence-based approach, and scenario building – and illustrates their application in the context of Transdisciplinary research in climate change adaptation in the arctic, focusing on alternative means of cross-boundary engagement with indigenous ways of knowing.
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stakeholders in climate science beyond lip service
Science, 2015Co-Authors: Nicole Klenk, Katie Meehan, Sandra Lee Pinel, Fabian Mendez, Pablo Torres Lima, Daniel M KammenAbstract:Research models are evolving in response to the need for on-the-ground knowledge of climate change impacts on communities. Partnership between researcher and practitioner is vital for adaptive policy efforts ( 1 ). Transdisciplinary research teams present new opportunities by involving academics and local stakeholders, who actively conceive, enact, and apply research on adaptation and mitigation actions ( 2 , 3 ). In Transdisciplinary research, stakeholders are also researchers. But if we want to engage stakeholders in climate research, then we cannot simply pay lip service to the idea while treating them as participants for extractive research.
Graham A Colditz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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toward a modern science of obesity at washington university how we do it and what is the payoff
Cancer Prevention Research, 2016Co-Authors: Graham A Colditz, Sarah Gehlert, Deborah J Bowen, Kenneth R Carson, Peter S Hovmand, Jung Ae Lee, Kelle H MoleyAbstract:In our Cancer Prevention Program at Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), we have made extraordinary efforts to create the kind of cancer prevention and control program that is both translational and Transdisciplinary in nature, to accelerate the march from basic discoveries to population change. Here we present an overview of our obesity-related research currently ongoing in our Center, paying particular attention to both the translational- Transdisciplinary process and to community-based participatory research. We end with our future directions for improving obesity-related cancer outcomes research. Cancer Prev Res; 9(7); 503-8. ©2016 AACR.
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trec to where Transdisciplinary research on energetics and cancer
Clinical Cancer Research, 2016Co-Authors: Kathryn H Schmitz, Sarah Gehlert, Ruth E Patterson, Graham A Colditz, Jorge E Chavarro, Marian L Neuhouser, Kathleen M Sturgeon, Mark D Thornquist, Deirdre K Tobias, Linda NebelingAbstract:When information is exchanged across disciplinary boundaries, resources are shared, and discipline-specific approaches are altered to achieve a common scientific goal, we create a new intellectual space for Transdisciplinary research. This approach, fostered heavily by multiple NCI-funded initiatives, has the potential to forge new understanding of major public health issues. By breaking down disciplinary barriers, we work toward making real, meaningful, and lasting forward motion in addressing key public health issues. One of the Transdisciplinary initiatives of the NCI is TREC: Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer. In this article, we review the goals and scope of TREC, as well as the ways in which the initiative promotes Transdisciplinary science. A particular focus is on multiple examples of the most unique aspect of the initiative: the funding of developmental projects across multiple TREC centers, toward the goal of incubating high-risk science that has the potential to translate into major leaps forward in understanding energetics in cancer. As we enter an era of greater focus on investigator-initiated science, new approaches may be needed to ensure that the peer review process is not solely organized along disciplinary lines. Inclusion of expertise regarding transdisciplinarity, as well as representation from multiple scientific disciplines within a panel, may allow Transdisciplinary research to receive an educated hearing. The body of researchers trained to work in a Transdisciplinary research space is ideally suited to address these challenges.
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a framework for training Transdisciplinary scholars in cancer prevention and control
Journal of Cancer Education, 2015Co-Authors: Aimee S James, Sarah Gehlert, Deborah J Bowen, Graham A ColditzAbstract:Traditionally, postdoctoral training programs largely have focused efforts within a single discipline or closely related fields. Yet, addressing the complex questions around cancer prevention and control increasingly requires the ability to work and communicate across disciplines in order to gain a perspective that encompasses the multilevel and multifaceted issues involved with this public health issue. To address this complexity, a Transdisciplinary training program was implemented to cultivate the professional and scientific development of the postdoctoral fellows in Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine’s Division of Public Health Sciences and NCI-funded centers (Community Networks Program Center and Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics in Cancer Center). Fellows are matched with primary mentors and assemble a multidisciplinary mentoring team. Structured programs support the transition of fellows from disciplinary trainees to independent Transdisciplinary scholars and provide exposure to multiple disciplines. This article describes the training program, challenges encountered in implementation, solutions to those problems, and the metrics employed to evaluate the program’s success. The goal of the program is to train emerging investigators in the conceptual bases, language, and practices that underlie a Transdisciplinary perspective on cancer prevention and control research, to create an infrastructure for continued cross-discipline dialogue and collaboration, and to develop disseminable strategies for such training.
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the role of Transdisciplinary collaboration in translating and disseminating health research lessons learned and exemplars of success
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008Co-Authors: Karen M Emmons, Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Graham A ColditzAbstract:In the past few decades, significant advances have been made related to understanding, preventing, and treating chronic disease. Given these many advances across multiple disciplines, it is unclear why the potential for yielding substantial reduction in disease has not been achieved overall and across various subgroups. Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in a wide range of disease outcomes persist, and a number of studies highlight the importance of further improving behavioral risk-factor prevalence on a population level. The goal of this paper is to explore the role of Transdisciplinary collaboration in the translation of research related to these vexing public health problems, and, in particular, to explore factors that appear to facilitate effective and sustainable translation. Transdisciplinary collaboration also has great potential to speed the rate of adoption of evidence-based practices. Examples of Transdisciplinary collaborations in academic and community settings are provided, along with factors that may influence the long-term outcomes of Transdisciplinary efforts.
