Hosted by IOI Germany, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and IPB University

IOI Germany will be hosting a Summer School in collaboration with the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and IPB University (aka Bogor Agricultural University), Indonesia, on Impact and Co-Design titled “Generating Impact Through Transdisciplinary Research: Co-Designing Solutions for Complex Marine and Coastal Challenges”. The Summer School will be conducted in hybrid format, combining virtual lectures with in-person training (group work) in Bogor (Indonesia). The training is designed for master students, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scientists. 

Participants will interact with international and local academia and practitioners as well as experts in knowledge transfer and communication at the science/policy interface. Lectures will cover theoretical backgrounds, concepts, and methods - from transdisciplinarity and project co-design to complexities of agreeing on goals and joint visions in the context of multiple actors from diverse backgrounds. 

The training will include discussions on measures of research quality in a transdisciplinary context, tackling inequalities, managing teams and conflict situations, and generating impactful outcomes. For each topic, real-world examples and insights by practitioners will be given. Training in effective science communication for a non-academic audience will also be provided. 

Through in-person practical group work, participants will directly apply knowledge gained to selected coastal and marine case studies under the guidance of the instructors. 

If you are interested to see the virtual lectures or participate on site in this training (no funding provided), please send us your expression of interest and IOI Germany representatives will contact you.