2022/01/02 by Ryan Plummer, Jessica Blythe, Georgina G. Gurney +2 · 1 voice
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Environmental Science · #Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration #Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11625-021-01074-y
openalex publication_date 2022/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02
Abstract Transdisciplinary research, in which academics and actors from outside the academy co-produce knowledge, is an important approach to address urgent sustainability challenges. Indeed, to meet these real-world challenges, governments, universities, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in transdisciplinary partnerships. Yet to date, our understanding of the performance, as well as impacts, of these partnerships for sustainability is limited. Here, we provide a guide to assess the performance and impacts of transdisciplinary partnerships for sustainability. We offer key steps to navigate and examine the partnership process for continuous improvement, and to understand how transdisciplinary partnership is contributing to sustainable futures.