The major problems we face today, including environmental crisis and disease, are complicated - and interrelated. The rates at which these problems are growing are outpacing the speed at which knowledge becomes actionable. We know enough collectively, but this knowledge is not organized, integrated, or widely accessible. And, rarely are the problems, or their solutions, viewed as one interconnected whole.
This Institute seeks to accelerate the generation and application of knowledge to help address these problems - bringing transdisciplinary methods to bear across health, environment, and their many interconnections.
No one knows everything, but everyone knows something.
By harnessing the collective intelligence from across science, other disciplines, and our lived communities - past and present - we can do better.
Toward better,
Karl J. Maier, PhD
Founder, Transdisciplinary Solutions Institute
How we work
A comprehensive approach.
The Institute supports transdisciplinary work by attending to three layers of infrastructure together - cognitive, social, and technological. Complex problems demand mental frameworks that match their complexity, shared language and collaboration across communities, and digital tools to organize and synthesize what we collectively know.
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Leadership & Advisors
Institution Forming
The Institute’s board, advisory network, and initial staff are currently forming through conversations with researchers, practitioners, and community leaders across health and environment.
If you are interested in contributing to the Institute - as an advisor, collaborator, or in another capacity - we’d like to hear from you.