Evaluating transdisciplinary research practices: insights from social network analysis
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Bogdan, A
Mantyka-Pringle, C
Bradford, L
Reed, MG
Baines, S
Fresque-Baxter, J
Jardine, T
Shantz, S
Abu, R
Staples, K
Andrews, E
Bharadwaj, L
Strickert, G
Jones, P
Lindenschmidt, K
Poelzer, G
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Transdisciplinary researchers collaborate with diverse partners outside of academia to tackle sustainability problems. The patterns and practices of social interaction and the contextual nature of transdisciplinary research result in different performance expectations than traditional, curiosity-driven research. Documenting patterns of interaction can inform project success and affirm progress toward interim outcomes on the way to achieve sustainability impacts. Yet providing credible and robust indicators of research activity remains challenging. We provide quantitative and qualitative indicators for assessing transdisciplinary practices and patterns through social network analysis (SNA). Our assessment developed four criteria to reveal how SNA metrics provide insight into (1) diversity of participants; (2) whether and how integration and collaboration are occurring, (3) the relative degrees of network stability and fragility, and (4) how the network is structured to achieve its goals. These four key criteria can be used to help identify patterns of research activity and determine whether interim progress is occurring.
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Sustainability Science
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Steelman, T; Bogdan, A; Mantyka-Pringle, C; Bradford, L; Reed, MG; Baines, S; Fresque-Baxter, J; Jardine, T; Shantz, S; Abu, R; Staples, K; Andrews, E; Bharadwaj, L; Strickert, G; Jones, P; Lindenschmidt, K; Poelzer, G, Evaluating transdisciplinary research practices: insights from social network analysis, Sustainability Science, 2021