Paths to Trans disciplinarity
Reconnecting Pathways and Positionality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21494087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roderick J Lawrence (0000-0002-1432-7245, University of Geneva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 329-348 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-4027 • E-ISSN: 1556-1844 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02604027.2025.2483133 |
| OpenAlex | W4409273750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 63 |
Transdisciplinarity is evolving with multiple pathways. I consider paths serve as metaphors for making choices, for pursuing a goal, for confronting obstacles or taking the easy way out. All literal and metaphorical paths are human made. Path metaphors help us better understand multiple definitions and interpretations of transdisciplinarity that coexist and do not necessarily converge. I posit that a trans-anthropo-logic can accommodate divergent paths because it incorporates the positionality of individuals and groups in society and their situatedness about specific subjects. Path metaphors enable reflexive thinking and dialogue between people on different paths about global understandings of complex societal challenges
Discipline · Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Philosophy
The new production of knowledge
The homeless mind
Transdisciplinarity
Metaphors We Live By
Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research
An Unnecessary KIS? The UK’s Key Information Set, was it Really needed and What was its Real Purpose?
Researcher Positionality - A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research - A New Researcher Guide
Transdisciplinarity as a discipline and a way of being
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Our Own Metaphor
Characteristics of scientific articles on Covid-19 published during the initial 3 months of the pandemic
Why We Disagree about Climate Change
Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research
A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science
Achieving the promise of transdisciplinarity
The guiding logics and principles for designing emergent transdisciplinary research processes
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
Power dynamics and integration in the water-energy-food nexus
Positionality
Philosophy and “the unity of knowledge”
Inquiry beyond knowledge
Knowing and Being
Reconceiving Science and Policy
Transdisciplinarity and its challenges
Education for design
Futures of Transdisciplinarity
Advances in transdisciplinarity
Scientists’ situated knowledge
Discourses of transdisciplinarity
Science for the post-normal age
Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Practice
Knowing and Being
Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |