94730 Transdisciplinary Collaboration B

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Subject level:

Postgraduate

Description

This subject draws on transdisciplinary learning and practices and applies them in collaborative, professional settings. Students real-worlddesign and develop a brief for a defined challenge /or opportunity to explore networked innovation with others in real world contexts. Each challenge or opportunity is supported with bespoke TD expertise and mentoring to create iterative feedback loops, creative interventions, reflective cycles, and distillation of insights for future applications. The process, from design, execution and reflection, for this subject is contained within a 12-step cycle completed over 3 months.

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

1.1 Critically analyse and creatively reconfigure established patterns, assumptions and understandings of real-world problem situations utilising frameworks of complexity and systems thinking

1.2 Conceptualise approaches for strategic interventions within organisations and professional fields as dynamic and complex systems

1.3 Create productive strategies for contributing to thriving and sustainable innovation networks and ecosystems

2.1 Apply theoretical and philosophical perspectives to critically analyse assumptions and the ways disciplines, paradigms and practices guide thinking in academic, professional and everyday contexts

2.2 Examine different fields of thought, including indigenous worldviews and cultures, to elicit insights for professional practice

2.3 Apply advanced research methods to gather, adopt, adapt, apply and synthesise knowledge, principles, concepts, practices and methods from across various domains to generate new knowledge and practices

2.4 Critically reflect on their own professional practice and develop strategies for integrating different models of transdisciplinarity to catalyse innovation in their own contexts

3.1 Analyse different patterns, frameworks and methods and test their value for investigating and addressing complex challenges in professional fields

3.2 Conduct independent and collaborative inquiry to identify challenges and new developments in professional fields, and conceptualise transformations or new practices required to respond to emerging challenges

3.3 Create and execute experimental projects that integrate approaches from a range of disciplines and fields of practice to evaluate the strategic potential of proposals

3.4 Engage with diverse worldviews and exercise ethical judgement in evaluating the impact of innovation on stakeholders, communities and the environment

4.1 Investigate and analyse the conditions required to develop the collective capacity within or between organisations, across sectors and/or internationally to respond to complex global challenges

4.2 Interpret, integrate and advocate for various perspectives to persuade and influence relevant stakeholders to mobilise organisational or societal transformation

4.3 Generate strategies for nurturing new practices, paradigms and professions and propose pathways to change that sustain innovation potential within organization(s)

Teaching and learning strategies

This subject links workplace contexts to postgraduate transdisciplinary learning. Participants distil workplace challenges and opportunities into a staged exploration, with the aim of developing tangible recommendations and roadmaps for implementation. Tools, methods, and frameworks learnt as part of the MCISI program are applied to the design, execution, evaluation, and communication of the exploration of an extended challenge or opportunity. Participants are matched with relevant TD School academic expertise and where relevant, supported by professional staff in design, delivery, evaluation, and recommendations. Additional expertise at UTS and opportunities for research partnerships may also be embedded.

Content (topics)

• Designing a transdisciplinary experiment, challenge, or opportunity
• Implementing creative strategies for engagement and recording diverse stakeholder contribution
• Collecting data and narrative artefacts
• Developing feedback loops and iterating
• Evaluating and communicating insights
• Develop strategic recommendations for future iterations, action, and innovation

Minimum requirements

Participants must attempt both assessment tasks and achieve an overall pass mark to pass this subject.

Other resources

Required Readings

Readings curated with subject coordinator relative to bespoke setting/ context