Processes and Outcomes of Transdisciplinary Collaboration

1. Processes and Outcomes of Transdisciplinary Collaboration Dan Stokols School of Social Ecology University of California, Irvine

5. Presumed Benefits of Transdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration Greater Explanatory Power Methodological Pluralism Broad-Gauged Public Policies Advantages of Generalist Training Programs

6. Potential Costs of Transdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration Labor Intensive and Conflict Prone Administratively Complex Analytic Breadth vs. Depth Tradeoffs Diffuse vs. Focused Conceptual Models

10. Criteria for Evaluating Successful Transdisciplinary Collaboration Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond. Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond.

11. The Periodic Table of Elements

14. Cross-Disciplinary Research ...a process through which the perspectives of two or more scientific or professional fields are combined to achieve a more complete understanding of a particular phenomenon

15. . Horizontal integration example: pharmacology and brain imaging Horizontal integration example: pharmacology and brain imaging

16. Disciplinary Foci Biological Facts Psychological Facts Social Facts Physical-Environmental Facts

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19. Types of Cross-Disciplinary Science multidisciplinary - researchers in different disciplines work independently or sequentially, each from his or her own disciplinary-specific perspective, to address a common problem interdisciplinary - researchers work jointly, but from each of their respective disciplinary perspectives, to address a common problem transdisciplinary - researchers work jointly using a shared conceptual framework that draws together discipline-specific theories, concepts, and approaches, to address a common problem

20. . Horizontal integration example: pharmacology and brain imaging Horizontal integration example: pharmacology and brain imaging

21. UCI TTURC Transdisciplinary Core Research Team Daniel Stokols, Ph.D. Jennifer Gress Richard Harvey Kimari Phillips Juliana Fuqua

22. TD Core Research Team

23. Transdisciplinary CoreGoals and Strategies Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond. Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond.

24. Antecedents Processes Outcomes . .

25. Some Caveats� Few precedents for this type of research in the field of science studies Little prior agreement on the meaning and intended outcomes of transdisciplinary research Non-random selection of scientists into collaborative research ventures; small Ns Non-neutral status of evaluators, reactivity of measures Indeterminant timeframe for evaluation--5 year program evaluation vs. multi-decade historical perspective

26. What processes account for TD collaboration and are they experienced differently among TTURC members? Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond. Aims: Establish criteria for identifying and distinguishing among multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary forms of scientific collaboration Develop a conceptual model that posits key antecedents, intermediate processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary research and suggests criteria for measuring those facets of scientific collaboration Implement a series of structured exercises and team interventions, based on the conceptual model, that are designed to facilitate effective transdisciplinary collaboration Conduct a participant-observation case study to record the content, affective qualities, and scientific outcomes of informal team discussions and regularly-scheduled TTURC-wide meetings; and assess the effectiveness of team interventions aimed at facilitating successful transdisciplinary collaboration Analyze and interpret the survey, observational, and archival data gathered during this study to develop a theory of transdisciplinary scientific collaboration that can serve as a guide for future cross-disciplinary research in the field of tobacco use and beyond.

27. Behavior Change Index (BCI)

28. Reported Increases in Transdisciplinary Behaviors Among UCI TTURC Members

29. Participation in Working Groups Increased

30. Investigators� Semantic Differential Ratings of the TTURC Between Fall 2002-Fall 2003

31. Semantic Differential Scale (SDS)

33. Cyclical Variation in Affect Over Four Time Points

34. Neuroscientists� and Behavioral Scientists� Semantic Differential Ratings of the TTURC Between Fall 2002-Fall 2003

36. Worlds of Difference Among Behavioral and Neuroscientists

37. Implications of Alternative World Views

40. Charting The Intellectual History of a Research Organization Evolution of Intellectual Themes Which ideas were present at the outset of the TTURC? Which ideas were dropped in subsequent years? Which new ideas emerged later in the project? Which initial ideas were modified over time? Which ideas were integrated with previously separate ideas?

41. Determinants of �Collaboration Readiness� Similarity of researchers� scientific worldviews Spatial, functional, and electronic proximity among investigators Overlapping departmental identities of team members History of collaboration on prior projects--preparation, practice, and trust Members strongly committed to TD work Director�s management experience and commitment Formative evaluation processes to facilitate collaboration Institutional support for TD collaboration

42. Alternative Pathways Toward Transdisciplinary Collaboration Low level of readiness for TDSC steps taken to reduce barriers to collaboration high levels of collaborative activity over the long-term High level of readiness for TDSC high levels of collaborative activity over a relatively short timeframe