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Abstract
This working paper dwells on the relationship between a dialogue-oriented mode of knowledge production in line with transdisciplinarity and the flourishing of a culture of socioeconomic democratisation. These scientific and cultural-political undertakings have in common an effort of bridge-building between fragmented entities, be it scientific disciplines and their mono-logical explanations or single-issue policies which foster micro-efficiency to the detriment of social cohesion and socio-economic effectiveness. The paper starts by presenting emblematically some typical problematics of social innovations which need experience-based knowledge of practitioners as well the structure-aware knowledge of scientific research. In the second section transdisciplinary research is proposed as a research programme focussing on socially relevant problems and a structured dialogue with practitioners. Transdisciplinarity is based on a two-fold-dialogue: First, it is an interdisciplinary dialogue between different disciplines which overcome their respective research programmes and paradigms and contribute their knowledge to joint-problem solving. Second, it is a dialogue of two forms of knowledge: experience-based and analyticalstructural knowledge. In the final section, the potential of this type of research is shown to address the problematics of social innovation as a research programme as well as a socially-transformative practice.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Vienna |
Publisher | Institut für Regional- und Umweltwirtschaft, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Publication series
Series | SRE - Discussion Papers |
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Number | 2009/01 |
Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)
- 507026 Economic geography
- 507019 Urban development planning
- 504003 Poverty and social exclusion
- 502027 Political economy
- 504030 Economic sociology
- 507
- 507014 Regional development
- 507016 Regional economy
- 509003 Development cooperation
- 509
- 506007 International relations
- 502049 Economic history
WU Working Paper Series
- SRE - Discussion Papers
Projects
- 1 Finished
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SOCIAL POLIS - Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion
Novy, A. (PI - Project head), Beinstein, B. (Researcher) & Habersack, S. (Researcher)
1/12/07 → 30/11/10
Project: Research funding