Frameworks for Scientific and Technological Research oriented by Transdisciplinary Co-Production

Lillian Maria Araujo de Rezende Alvares is a Professor at the Faculty of Information Science at the University of Brasília (UnB)/Brazil. She is a PhD in Information Science at the University of Brasília and the Université du Sud Toulon-Var and Post-doctorate in Cognitive Systems.Patricia de Sá Freire is a Professor at the Knowledge Engineering Department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and researcher at the Graduate Program in Engineering and Knowledge Management at the same university. She is a PhD in Engineering and Knowledge Management.

• List of Figures; List of Tables; Epigraph; Introduction, 1. The Concern with the Unity of Knowledge in History; 2. Transdisciplinarity; 3.Transdisciplinary Co-Production; 4. Transdisciplinary Research; 5. Knowledge Acquisition Design (KAD): A Framework for Transdisciplinary Co-Production Research in Knowledge Governance and Organizational Learning; 6.Final Remarks;  References; Glossary; Appendix A: Timeline; The Authors; Index

‘This book offers a thorough survey of the literature on transdisciplinarity, collaborative research and research that crosses the boundary between science and practice, scientists and users, in the social environment, in pursuit of the common good. The integrative framework is that of the “Knowledge Acquisition Design” (KAD) framework that the authors develop. As such, it is a standard text for those who take a design approach to knowledge acquisition' —Bart Nooteboom, Emeritus Professor of Innovation, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.