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We call complex what is
difficult to understand.

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Systems made of parts that
interact in manifold ways.

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Situations in which
actors need to cooperate,

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even if they have diverging
aims and approaches.

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Climate change is complex
and so are societies.

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Migration starts
from local necessity

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and leads into
difficult contexts.

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Health care is a basic need,
but faces intricate issues

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on a local, as well
as, on a global scale.

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Today, we need to address many
challenges that are complex.

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All have one thing in common.

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They cannot be tackled
by one party alone.

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To improve them,
several actors need

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to bring together what
they know, jointly

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creating new knowledge.

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Researchers are often
one of these actors.

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They bring science to the
table to address problems

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that can only be solved
together with decision

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makers and affected people.

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For this, they
propose an approach

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that is called
transdisciplinary research.

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Our cause brings
together scientists

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from several esteemed Swiss
universities and institutions

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who let you experience
transdisciplinary research.

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They have the vision to
share it with everybody

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motivated to address
complex societal challenges.

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Five cases show how the
approach may vary when applied.

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Climate change demands new water
management systems in the Alps.

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Mobile pastoralists
need better health care.

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A peripheral village
faces many challenges

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because of tourist development.

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Labour migrants from Nepal
to India start to understand

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their rights.

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A project supports the
World Health Organisation

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to address the problem
of antibiotic resistance.

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With these cases,
you will explore

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how transdisciplinary
research works.

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You will investigate
benefits and pitfalls.

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In addition, experts explain
the theoretical background,

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proposing methods and
tools, and inviting

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you to develop your own ideas.

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Many people collaborated
for this course, coordinated

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by the network for
transdisciplinary research,

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which is part of the Swiss
Academies of Arts and Sciences.

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They are convinced
that the approach

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is promising to address
the complex challenges

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in our current world.

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So find out what
this means for you,

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for your research, for
your career, for your life.

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We very much look forward to
welcome you to the course.

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