2nd Global Transdisciplinarity Conference

Following the 1st Global Transdisciplinarity Conference in fall 2021 the 2nd Global Transdisciplinarity Conference will be held in spring 2024 at our partner institution Cappadocia University at its scenic location in Mustafapaşa, central Anatolia. 

The Global Transdisciplinarity Conference focusses on coping with the current poly crisis, of which climate change, refugee crises, the Corona pandemic, and recent wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are symptomatic. As a whole it has threatening implications for social peace, ecological equilibrium, the world economy, health and the well-being of all lifeforms. The complexity of these threats and the hardly predictable mutual spill-over effects require new approaches. The methodologically conditioned views of the individual scientific disciplines fail us here, because they enforces results that do not reflect the whole. Transdisciplinary thinking and acting transcend the system-boundaries within and between fragmented disciplines by integrating all kinds of empirical knowledge, arts as well as spiritual wisdom and philosophical reflection. In this sense, the conference wants to contribute to overcoming the limitations of the post-enlightenment view and its claim to dominion over nature. 
 

 Aims:

• Scaling the transdisciplinarity idea with global partners
• Further develop and apply the transdisciplinary process itself 
• Transdisciplinary development of Responsible Leadership and Governance with a focus on the New Economics Debate based on sustainable responsibility 
• Enhanced adaptive capacity for societal peace by fostering transdisciplinarity  
• Developing diverse mindsets of responsibly understanding oneself within our world 
• Transdisciplinary approaches for science practice collaborations 
• Bridging and enhancing networks between research and practical excellence 
• Rethinking traditional and new forms of communication for transdisciplinary experiencing, understanding and exchanging 
• Intending a new philosophical basis for transdisciplinarity 
• Sharing a cultural and nature experience in order to facilitate common understanding and provide an open mental space to develop a holistic perspective  

The main conference will take place in Mustafapaşa on the 26-30 June 2024 with decentralised pre-events leading up to the main event. 

The organizing committee of the 2nd Global Transdisciplinarity Conference is pleased to announce the official call for participation.

We are inviting representatives of institutions of research and higher education as well as from society (government, NGOs and business) either participating in or interested in science society collaboration to either participate in our existing thematic tracks or suggest tracks of their own.

If you are interested in joining an existing track see: see more

If your are interested in contributing your own track see: see more

Download the full call: LINK

The organizing committee of the 2nd Global Transdisciplinarity Conference (to be held on 27-28 June 2024 at Cappadocia University) is pleased to invite you and your organization to join us in preparing and organizing the event in our Pre-Conference at Cappadocia University in Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Turkey, on 11 September 2023.

We are inviting representatives of institutions of research and higher education as well as from society (government, NGOs and business) either participating in or interested in science society collaboration to join a one-day hybrid pre-event on 11 September 2023.
The aim of this meeting is the formulation of a mission statement, draft program and final call for contributions for the main conference as well as the formation of a broad and inclusive organizing committee, embracing all interested parties and organizations ready to contribute actively to the main event in spring 2024.

If you are interested in joining the organizing committee and the Pre-Conference, please contact us under: gtdc@donau-uni.ac.at