A5083136582- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Design Education and Practice
- Innovation Policy and R&D
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Higher Education Governance and Development
University of Minnesota System
2022
Royal Roads University
2018-2021
Center for International Forestry Research
2021
With high and increasing expectations for research to have social environmental impact, there is a corresponding need appropriate methods demonstrate (for accountability) analyze learning) whether how projects contribute change processes. Evaluation especially challenging problem-oriented that employs inter- transdisciplinary approaches intervenes in complex systems, where experimental statistical causal inference are inappropriate. Instead, theory-based evaluation can be applied identify...
More and more effective research is needed to help address complex sustainability problems. Many approaches have adopted transdisciplinary characteristics as a way improve effectiveness. However, empirical evidence of the extent which how design implementation contribute (more) scientific social outcomes remains limited. This paper reports comparative analysis five research-for-development projects implemented in Peru Indonesia to: characterize employed principles; assess intended project...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the contributions graduate research social innovation and change for learning improved transdisciplinary practice. Universities, as centers teaching research, face high demand from society address urgent environmental challenges. Faculty students are keen use their contribute sustainable development. As part effort increase societal impact, approaches evolving be more problem-oriented, engaged transdisciplinary. Therefore, new evaluation also...
A Theory of Change (ToC) is a set testable hypotheses that model how an intervention will contribute to change process. ToC development and use can help in the design transdisciplinary research build trust accountability We present online process for facilitation offer guidance collaboratively research.Transdisciplinary (TDR) aims solve problems complex systems by drawing from range methods expertise processes. Theories (ToCs) are well-suited support TDR implementation, but they rarely...
Hansson and Polk (2018, Research Evaluation, 27/2: 132–44) aim to assess the usefulness of concepts relevance, credibility, legitimacy for understanding link between process impact in transdisciplinary (TD) research. However, article misrepresents some ideas two main reference articles. It also uses definitions it aims test that are inconsistent with offered by papers. The methods description is insufficient know what data were collected or how they analyzed. More importantly, effort...
Projects by Sustainability Research Effectiveness team, Royal Roads University. Photography Dan Anthon,