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MULTI- INTER- AND  TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION

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^{“I would have never expected that a 30 min. flipchart session could be so helpful in clarifying the core aspects of a blended model for multidisciplinary integration in higher education! The UCCRN_edu [Erasmus +] project will benefit a lot from such valuable advice.”}

Dr. Mattia Leone, architect and associate professor, Department of Architecture (DiARC) University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Also co-director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network - European Hub (UCCRN) and Coordinator of the Erasmus+ UCCRN-EDU project.


Are you curious for more? Would you like to get in touch? Feel free to contact our lead directly for any questions or inquiries you may have. tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

EDITORIAL: SETTING THE SCENE

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This page is underway. Would you like to already exchange about it? Feel free to contact us directly:
Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc)
tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

Where does this design angle come in?
Multi- inter- and transdisciplinariyt must come in already at the stage of designing the fit for purpose framework, and so come in in the early (re)design stages of a course, training or (master)degree.

A good way to scope this angle to your knowledge domain is with a workshop ‘big ideas’ or a Design Studio.

MULTI- INTER - AND TRANDSCIPLINARY EDUCATION

 


Image: Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary explained, with the latter being visualised as co-creation of knowledge with non scientific knowledge cultures. Reproduced by permission of Roderick J. Lawrence. For reference see bottom of the page.

KEY PROJECTS

ADVICE ON TRANSDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM DESIGN
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2021
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<sup>“You take our ideas, visions, inspiration - and you anchor us.”

A senior manager in a zero emission flooring company, looking for a transition trajectory and -curriculum, Interface (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia)

“You [Tikvah] are able to learn/absorb the subject that I’m trying to produce, and you transform it to a methodological angle, and organise it is such a way that it directs me, and I can do things [in my course] in a more effective and efficient way”.</sup>

Tannya Pico, PhD candidate who participated in StudioBlended’s resilience course where she received advice on her course design. Her research is on Nature Based Solutions (NBS) and transdisciplinarity, Quito, Ecuador  Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam
For her most recent pubication see TRIALOG 144 - ECUADOR - After Habitat III 2022-2023

IBO TRAINING IN CURRICULUM DESIGN
International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) 2008. Curriculum develpment. 1 week course in Basel, Switserland. ‘Understanding by Design’ - Mc Tighe and Grant Wiggins.

OUR FINITE SET OF DESIGN ANGLES

Technical resilience
Big ideas
Paradigm shifts/decade strong
Simplicity and decluttering
Human resilience
Modular
Innovative and deep pedagogy
Assesment / evaluation
Time dimension
Evidence-based design
Financial health and resilience by (re)design
Multi- Inter- and transdisciplinary
Flexibilisation and personalisation
Blended

References

Fam, D., Leimbach, T., Kelly, S., Hitchens, L., Callen, M. (2018). Meta-considerations for Planning, Introducing and Standardising Inter and Transdisciplinary Learning in Higher Degree Institutions. In: Fam, D., Neuhauser, L., Gibbs, P. (eds) Transdisciplinary Theory, Practice and Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93743-4_7

Loorbach, D., Wittmayer, J. (2025) Transformative Tensions in the Ivory Tower. Minerva. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-025-09607-w

Roderick J.L. (2021) Creating Built Environments. New York, Routledge.

Resilient education that stands the test of time - by design.