Transdisciplinary institutionalization in higher education: a two-level analysis
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In: Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 45, No. 6, 02.06.2020, p. 1075-1092.
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T1 - Transdisciplinary institutionalization in higher education
T2 - a two-level analysis
AU - Vienni Baptista, Bianca
AU - Rojas-Castro, Silvia
PY - 2020/6/2
Y1 - 2020/6/2
N2 - In this paper, we focus on the institutionalization of transdisciplinarity (TD) in higher education institutions and how they institutionalize Transdisciplinarity (TD). As such, universities have engaged in different activities to enact TD policies that aim at incorporating TD in their research and teaching. We take the Methodology Center at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg as a case study. We analyze the institutionalization process of TD to shed light on the obstacles that TD faces to become a widespread policy and practice at universities. In adopting a neo-institutionalist approach in our research, we develop a two-level analysis that allow us to compare the formal characteristics given to TD policies with the actual TD practices taking place in universities. Our findings reveal that TD institutionalization at the Methodology Center is at a mid-level and that overall TD institutionalization is an iterative process, in which the two levels mutually can reinforce or hinder each other.
AB - In this paper, we focus on the institutionalization of transdisciplinarity (TD) in higher education institutions and how they institutionalize Transdisciplinarity (TD). As such, universities have engaged in different activities to enact TD policies that aim at incorporating TD in their research and teaching. We take the Methodology Center at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg as a case study. We analyze the institutionalization process of TD to shed light on the obstacles that TD faces to become a widespread policy and practice at universities. In adopting a neo-institutionalist approach in our research, we develop a two-level analysis that allow us to compare the formal characteristics given to TD policies with the actual TD practices taking place in universities. Our findings reveal that TD institutionalization at the Methodology Center is at a mid-level and that overall TD institutionalization is an iterative process, in which the two levels mutually can reinforce or hinder each other.
KW - Germany
KW - higher education
KW - institutionalization
KW - interfaculty center
KW - policy
KW - practices
KW - Transdisciplinarity
KW - Transdisciplinary studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086475020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1593347
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1593347
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85086475020
VL - 45
SP - 1075
EP - 1092
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
SN - 0307-5079
IS - 6
ER -