2020
2020/10/28 – Guest Editing for a Special Issue of Environment, Development and Sustainability
We are pleased to inform you that we are guest editing for a special issue entitled "Transformative learning for Urban Sustainability: futures of transdisciplinary educational models, structures and tools" which will be published in external page"Environment, Development and Sustainability" (ed. by Springer, current Impact Factor 2.191). Details can be found external pagehere.
We would be delighted to have contributing a paper from you! The submission deadline is the 30th June, 2021.
For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the external pagejournal website and a external pagefull description of the call.
If you wish to check if your manuscript fits for this Special Issue prior to submission, you are welcome to send a tentative title and abstract to Bianca Vienni () or Giulia Sonetti ( and you will receive feedback shortly.
2020/10/06 – Blog post about Winter School
Three former course participants report on their experiences with the Tdlab Winter School.
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2020/09/29 – Internship about waste management in the Seychelles
The Landscape and Waste Management Agency seeks for support in the implementation of an integrated waste management system. DownloadRead more (PDF, 2.1 MB)
2020/09/28 – Successful first SHAPE-ID online workshop
After a long break we could continue our SHAPE-ID learning case workshop series with our first virtual workshop from September 10th to 11th. external pageRead More
2020/09/15 – KITE Award for TdLab course
The KITE Award 2020 goes to the team around Christian Pohl for the course "Environmental Problem Solving". The KITE Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of innovative teaching and teaching concepts at ETH Zurich. Read more
2020/09/08 – SHAPE-ID's webinars online
The SHAPE-ID webinar series commenced in May 2020 and is intended to engage a wider audience in discussions around the integration of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in inter- and transdisciplinary research. external pageRead more
2020/05/14 – Shape-ID Publications on Zenodo
The open access publications of the Shape-ID project can be found on the external pagezenodo website.
2020/05/13 – BinBin Pearce elected as a member of Swiss Young Academy
2020/03/13 – Press Release about new TdLab Collaboration
The University of the South Pacific (USP) and ETH Zurich represented by the Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab) last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research and currently work being started in this regard.
Read more on the external pageUSP Website.
2020/02/02 – New Research Projekt on the Seychelles
A new research project in Seychelles aims to establish the benefits of the Morne Seychellois National Park and the best approach to managing it. external pageMore information
2020/01/27 – Article about the TdLab Winter School
The "Botschaft" reports on this year's Winter School in Wislikofen. Read the Downloadarticle (PDF, 2 MB) (in german).
2020/01/19 – Article about the TdLab Winter School
The Aargauer Zeitung reports on this year's Winter School in Wislikofen. Read the external pagearticle (in german).
2020/01/17 – New Publication
Bammer, G., O’Rourke, M., O’Connell, D., Neuhauser, L., Midgley, G., Klein, J.T., Grigg, N.J., Gadlin, H., Elsum, I.R., Bursztyn, M., Fulton, E.A., Pohl, C., Smithson, M., Vilsmaier, U., Bergmann, M., Jaeger, J., Merkx, F., Vienni Baptista, B., Burgman, M.A., Walker, D.H., Young, J., Bradbury, H., Crawford, L., Haryanto, B., Pachanee, C., Polk, M., & Richardson, G.P. (2020). Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened? Palgrave Communications 6, 5. doi: external page10.1057/s41599-019-0380-0 | OPEN ACCESS
2020/01/01 – Michael Stauffacher serving as speaker of the TdLab in 2020
The co-directors of the TdLab have decided to select Michael Stauffacher as speaker for the year 2020, Christian Pohl for 2021, and Pius Krütli will take over for 2022.