The following blog posts were highlighted on the blog home page at various times. They are a selection of blog posts on the main topics covered by the blog and provide insights into those topics.
CHANGE
The interplay between knowledge and power / La interacción entre el conocimiento y el poder by Cristina Zurbriggen
https://i2insights.org/2016/07/14/interplay-of-knowledge-and-power/
Three schools of transformation thinking by Uwe Schneidewind and Karoline Augenstein
https://i2insights.org/2017/09/05/transformation-thinking/
Achieving transformational change by Steve Waddell
https://i2insights.org/2019/03/05/transformational-change
Scaling up amidst complexity by Ann Larson
https://i2insights.org/2017/06/27/scaling-up/
For all blog posts on change see: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/change/
COMMUNICATION
Language matters in transdisciplinarity by Tilo Weber
http://i2insights.org/2018/10/02/language-matters/
Sharing integrated modelling practices – Part 1: Why use “patterns”? by Sondoss Elsawah and Joseph Guillaume
https://i2insights.org/2017/05/30/why-use-patterns-in-modelling/
Ten communication tips for translational scientists by Sunshine Menezes
https://i2insights.org/2016/07/19/ten-communication-tips/
Interdisciplinarity and evil – Understanding incommensurability by J. Britt Holbrook
http://i2insights.org/2018/03/27/incommensurability-in-interdisciplinarity/
For all blog posts on communication: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/communication/
DECISION SUPPORT
Designing scenarios to guide robust decisions by Bonnie McBain
https://i2insights.org/2019/07/02/designing-scenarios-for-decisions/
Using the concept of risk for transdisciplinary assessment by Greg Schreiner
https://i2insights.org/2018/03/06/transdisciplinary-assessment-using-risk/
A new boundary object to promote researcher engagement with policy makers / Un nuevo objeto frontera para promover la colaboración de los investigadores con los tomadores de decisiones by María D. López Rodríguez
https://i2insights.org/2017/10/03/boundary-object-for-policy-engagement/
Scoping: Lessons from environmental impact assessment by Peter Mulvihill
https://i2insights.org/2017/04/04/scoping-lessons/
For all blog posts on decision support: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/decision-support/
EDUCATION
Ten lessons from a transdisciplinary PhD program in sustainability development by Marianne Penker
https://i2insights.org/2017/03/09/transdisciplinary-phd-program-lessons/
Learning to tackle wicked problems through games / Aprendiendo a hacer frente a problemas perversos a través de los juegos/ Apprendre à affronter les problèmes sournois à travers les jeux by Claude Garcia, Anne Dray and Patrick Waeber
https://i2insights.org/2017/04/11/games-for-learning-complexity/
Using the arts and design to build student creative collaboration capacity by Edgar Cardenas
https://i2insights.org/2018/05/15/student-creative-collaboration-capacity/
Advice to graduate students on becoming “translational” by Alexis Erwin
http://i2insights.org/2016/08/18/becoming-translational/
For all blog posts on education: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/education/
INSTITUTIONALISATION
Promotion and tenure policies for interdisciplinary and collaborative research by Julie Thompson Klein and Holly Falk-Krzesinski
https://i2insights.org/2017/10/10/interdisciplinarity-promotion-and-tenure-policies/
One university’s response to addressing complex real-world problems / Respuesta de una universidad para afrontar problemas complejos del mundo real by Carlos Mataix, Javier Carrasco, Sara Romero and Marcel Bursztyn
https://i2insights.org/2017/11/28/university-response-to-complexity/
What motivates researchers to become transdisciplinary and what are the implications for career development? by Maria Helena Guimarães, Olivia Bina and Christian Pohl
https://i2insights.org/2019/11/12/transdisciplinary-careers/
Fire together, wire together: the role of funding bodies in supporting interdisciplinary research by Mohammad Momenian
http://i2insights.org/2016/02/24/funding-interdisciplinary-research/
For all blog posts on institutionalisation: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/institutionalisation/
INTEGRATION
Skilful conversations for integration by Rebecca Freeth and Liz Clarke
https://i2insights.org/2018/11/06/skilful-integration-conversations/
The integrative role of landscape by David Brunckhorst, Jamie Trammell and Ian Reeve
https://i2insights.org/2016/11/15/integrative-role-of-landscape/
Metacognition as a prerequisite for interdisciplinary integration by Machiel Keestra
https://i2insights.org/2019/02/05/metacognition-and-interdisciplinarity/
Ten dimensions of integration: guidelines for modellers by Serena Hamilton and Tony Jakeman
http://i2insights.org/2016/03/08/ten-dimensions-of-integration/
For all blog posts on integration: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/integration/
PARTICIPATION
Powhiri: An indigenous example of collaboration from New Zealand by Rawiri Smith
https://i2insights.org/2016/12/08/indigenous-example-of-collaboration/
Art and participatory modelling by Hara Woltz and Eleanor Sterling
https://i2insights.org/2016/07/21/art-and-participatory-modelling/
Collaboration: From groan zone to growth zone by Carrie Kappel
https://i2insights.org/2019/05/28/collaboration-groan-zone/
Serious gaming: helping stakeholders address community problems by Nagesh Kolagani
https://i2insights.org/2016/06/09/serious-gaming/
For all blog posts on participation see: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/participation/
RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION
Five lessons for early career researchers in interacting with policymakers by Aparna Lal
https://i2insights.org/2019/07/23/early-career-researchers-and-policymakers/
What makes a translational ecologist? Part 2 Skills by Translational Ecology Group
https://i2insights.org/2016/06/28/skills-for-translational-ecology/
Designing applied research for impact by Andrew Campbell
https://i2insights.org/2016/04/26/research-for-impact/
Building a better bridge: the role of research mediators by Jessica Shaw
https://i2insights.org/2017/02/07/research-mediators/
For all blog posts on research implementation see: https://i2insights.org/category/main-topics/research-implementation/
STAKEHOLDERS
A flexible framework for stakeholder engagement by Michelle Banfield
https://i2insights.org/2018/10/23/stakeholder-engagement-flexible-framework/
Two lessons for early involvement of stakeholders in research by Obasanjo Oyedele, Martin Atela and Ayo Ojebode
https://i2insights.org/2017/11/14/early-stakeholder-involvement/
Responding to stakeholders – lessons learnt by Klaus Hubacek and Christina Prell
https://i2insights.org/2016/04/28/responding-to-stakeholders/
Where are the stakeholders in implementation science? by Allison Metz and Annette Boaz
https://i2insights.org/2016/09/08/co-creation-and-implementation-science/