#3 SPOTLIGHTS – Let’s talk: The Responsive Research Collective, Intl & Switzerland w. Ulli Vilsmaier

What does it really mean to make research responsive - to diverse needs, to societal challenges, and to the demands of genuine inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration? The Responsive Research Collective is an international group of scholars, educators, evaluators and organisational developers dedicated to transforming how research and higher education are practiced. By that, the collective is moving institutions and teams towards more dynamic, relational, intercultural and boundary-crossing ways of collaborating. If you want to get inspired by further approaches that support Collaborative and Transdisciplinary Research around the world, check out the full recorded program of the SPOTLIGHTS -Let’s talk online series. SPOTLIGHTS brings global perspectives to PartWiss 2026 – the largest conference in Germany on participation in science. The SPOTLIGHTS program highlights people, institutions, and support structures making collaborative research possible. Together, we explore how transdisciplinarity, participation, and public engagement are embedded in science systems worldwide. The program consists of this series of online talks and of an exploratory study on support structures worldwide. More info can be found here: http://www.spotlights-partwiss.de/ SPOTLIGHTS is organized by the Laboratory for Transdisciplinary Research (TD-Lab) of the Berlin University Alliance and Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. Partners: Gesellschaft für transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung (GTPF), Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research (ITD) Co-funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. https://www.partizipation-wissenschaf... https://www.berlin-university-allianc... https://www.stifterverband.org/english https://www.gtpf.science/ https://itd-alliance.org/