Measuring societal effects of transdisciplinary research projects: design and application of an evaluation method |
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| Authors: | Walter Alexander I Helgenberger Sebastian Wiek Arnim Scholz Roland W |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Faculty Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany;2. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5502, USA;3. Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany;4. FuturES Research Center, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335 Lueneburg, Germany;5. ISOE - Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt, Germany;6. Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;7. Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;8. Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;9. The School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom;10. University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Maison des Sciences Humaines, 11 Portes des Sciences, 4366 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;11. School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;12. DRIFT – Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;13. School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada;14. International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, P.O. Box 196, 22100 Lund, Sweden;15. Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany;p. UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department for Environmental Politics, Leipzig, Germany;q. Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany;r. Department of Environmental Systems Science, USYS TdLab, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;s. Clark University, Department of International Development, Community and Environment, Worcester, USA;t. Tellus Institute, 11 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116-3411, USA;u. Centre of Methods, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany;v. School for Environment Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo, Canada;1. Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Hamburger Allee 45, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany;2. keep it balanced, Brückenstraße 1, 10179 Berlin, Germany;3. LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
Most Transdisciplinary Research (TdR) projects combine scientific research with the building of decision making capacity for the involved stakeholders. These projects usually deal with complex, societally relevant, real-world problems. This paper focuses on TdR projects, which integrate the knowledge of researchers and stakeholders in a collaborative transdisciplinary process through structured methods of mutual learning. Previous research on the evaluation of TdR has insufficiently explored the intended effects of transdisciplinary processes on the real world (societal effects). We developed an evaluation framework for assessing the societal effects of transdisciplinary processes. Outputs (measured as procedural and product-related involvement of the stakeholders), impacts (intermediate effects connecting outputs and outcomes) and outcomes (enhanced decision making capacity) are distinguished as three types of societal effects. Our model links outputs and outcomes of transdisciplinary processes via the impacts using a mediating variables approach. We applied this model in an ex post evaluation of a transdisciplinary process. 84 out of 188 agents participated in a survey. The results show significant mediation effects of the two impacts "network building" and "transformation knowledge". These results indicate an influence of a transdisciplinary process on the decision making capacity of stakeholders, especially through social network building and the generation of knowledge relevant for action. |
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