On 4-8 November, Utrecht University will host the international ITD Alliance Conference, themed Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Beyond Buzzwords: Educational Pathways for Sustainable Research Collaborations. CUCo is proud to be part of this dynamic event, facilitating several sessions in collaboration with others. Some CUCo funded research teams will be represented, sharing their innovative approaches and insights into interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

Sessions

Monday 4 November
19:30 – 23:59
Online video and poster platform documentary 1+1=3: Overcoming barriers to interdisciplinary research

Tuesday 5 November
8:30 – 9:30
How to assess academic impact from an interdisciplinary perspective
CUCo-funded Spark team Rethinking Impact

16:30 – 18:00
Metaphorical Spaces as Boundary Objects for Unusual Collaborations
CUCo-funded Spark team Unbox

Wednesday 6 November
11:15 – 12:45
The proof of the pudding is in the eating: co-learning about knowledge integration practices in Unusual Collaborations
Facilitated by Anke de Vrieze, Knowledge and Learning Adviser CUCo & Annemarie Horn, Assistant Professor Inter-and Transdisciplinary Research and Education (UU)

13:45 – 14:45
Poster exhibition My choice matters! Lessons learned from an unusual collaboration
CUCo-funded Spark team My Choice Matters

13:45 – 14:45
Defeating chronic pain through interdisciplinary research: a five-step journey guided by metaphors
Former CUCo-funded team iPOP-NL: Interdisciplinary Pain Research Platform

Thursday 7 November
11:15 – 12:45
Training for fair, inclusive, equitable and transformative transdisciplinary collaborations
Facilitated by Corinne Lamain (Director CUCo), Emmy Ruiter (Pathways to Sustainability Programme UU), Stefanie Ypma (Pathways to Sustainability Programme UU), Jonas Colen Ladeia Torrens (Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development UU), Vanessa Timmer (Copernicus Institute Sustainable Development UU)