Trainings

January 23, February 20, March 20, April 24, May 22, June 19, 2026,

4:00pm – 5:00pm CET, online

Following the interest generated by the first season of the Tea Time Talks (TTT), the Temporalities, Rhythms & Complexity Lab welcomes again all those - students, researchers or professionals - who are looking for an informal and yet stimulating virtual space to exchange or explore new ideas, start conversations, and develop new or unexpected connections.

TTT offer a playground for intellectual exploration, and a favorable environment for testing concepts, exchanging points of view and refining our thinking. These conversations (in English) revolve around the TRC Lab's research themes (time, space, rhythm, complexity, rhythmic intelligence, rhythmanalysis) and the themes that ground the work conducted at the Sunkhronos Institute (transformation, transition, emancipatory education, critical pedagogy, life history, experiential learning).

We warmly invite you to participate in our workshop on Power and Transformative Change in ITD research, hosted by the SNSF project Translating Transformations & co-organized with td-net.

In this project, we draw on critical social theory to develop practical tools that help make hidden power dynamics more visible—so that meaningful transformation in collaborative research and practice can take place.

During the workshop, participants will be introduced to three newly developed tools designed to support transformative change and transformative learning in inter-/transdisciplinary (ITD) collaborations and their outcomes.

Date: 06 February 2026
Registration Deadline: 26 January 2026

Experience democracy in practice, reflect on it and transfer it
to your own academic teaching and research.
Away from authoritarian teaching and towards joint learning.

The workshop is primarily designed for lecturers, tutors and colleagues working in higher-education didactics. A small number of spots are also reserved for people who are active in educational work outside the university, as the exchange across different educational contexts enriches the workshop and broadens the perspectives we bring into higher education.

Application deadline: 21 December 2025

Die Wissenschaft ist aufgefordert, ihre Erkenntnisse stärker als bisher in gesellschaftliche Veränderungen einzubringen – zu einer transformativen Wissenschaft zu werden. Was bedeutet das für das wissenschaftliche Selbstverständnis, und welche Rollen umfasst dieses? Welche Kompetenzen sind dafür notwendig? Und schliesslich: Was bedeutet dies für die Rolle der Universität in der Gesellschaft?

25. Februar 2026, Bern

We – the Art of Hosting community – see collective intelligence and participatory methodologies to give it life as a creative way forward.  
 
Join us to learn, experiment and practice during the “Art of Participatory Leadership” training, near Geneva, on March 18-21st 2026!
 
We’ll explore 
- how to navigate, individually and collectively, through constantly evolving and quite unpredictable conditions in the world around us
- how to increase engagement of colleagues and stakeholders across disciplines, departments and organisations
- how to make the professional environment and the ways of working richer and more productive. 
 
Experiment with methods and approaches and live the ethos for ensuring your meetings and collaborative processes matter.

What counts more in your private and professional life - result or process? Do you already have the answer and want others to just accept it? Do you prefer to endlessly discuss without getting into action? - Whom do you include in decision making processes and whom do you exclude? When do you feel included/excluded yourself? - What are you allowed to take decisions upon and what is kept beyond your reach?

16 February > 13 April 2026
16 Online Meetings

New LeadCampus training and continuing education offers on integrative leadership (12.6.2026), knowledge integration (03.07.2026) and researchers’ roles in inter- and transdisciplinary projects (on demand) offered by the Inter- and Transdisciplinary (ITD) Research Group at Eawag in close collaboration with WSL and TdLab (ETHZ).

At the Green Policy Lab, a Summer School co-organized by the University of Vienna and IIASA, you’ll explore how researchers can meaningfully contribute to green and evidence-informed policymaking. Through an immersive programme combining hands-on learning, expert input, and international ex- change, you’ll discover what it takes to navigate the science-policy interface and make your research count. Join us and become part of a growing community shaping greener and more resilient futures!

Apply by 9 March 2026
Date: 06 - 10 July 2026

Research for whom? Whose knowledge counts? How can we make research practices more inclusive? And how can Citizen Science contribute to solving societal challenges? 

We are back with the 5th edition of our Citizen Science School series! This summer school focuses on the topic “Co-Creating Knowledge: Transforming Research Through Citizen Science”. Are you interested in Citizen Science and its participatory approaches? Are you a Master’s student, doctoral candidate, postdoc, or practitioner aiming to develop a Citizen Science project idea? Or are you already planning or implementing a project? This program will give you the tools and methods to take your Citizen Science journey further.

Application Deadline: 15 February 2206

The Summer School strengthens master’s and PhD students’ competences in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, focusing on co-creating transformative knowledge with diverse actors. Through hands-on tools, and collaborative experiments, participants explore challenges in designing and conducting research that meaningfully responds to societal needs.
Date: 24 - 28 August 2026
Appliaction Deadline: 30 April 2026