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Methods for Coproduction of Knowledge Among Diverse Disciplines and Stakeholders

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To address complex issues, knowledge and experts of different fields have to be brought together. Experts come with expectations and assumptions, for instance, about the knowledge that other fields might provide, how trustworthy this knowledge will be, or how important it might be for the issue at stake. Td-net’s toolbox for coproducing knowledge provides tools that help uncover these expectations and assumptions. We consider the disclosure of expectations and assumptions a key precondition for successful collaboration.

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    www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov

  2. 2.

    www.i2s.anu.edu.au/category/resource-type/tools

  3. 3.

    www.transdisciplinarity.ch/toolbox

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Pohl, C., Wuelser, G. (2019). Methods for Coproduction of Knowledge Among Diverse Disciplines and Stakeholders. In: Hall, K., Vogel, A., Croyle, R. (eds) Strategies for Team Science Success. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20992-6_8

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