Transdisciplinarity For Sustainability (PDF)

Martina M. Keitsch is Professor for Sustainable Design and PhD Program Leader at the Department of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 2019-2023 she is appointed Visiting Professor at the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Keitsch is project leader of the NORAD financed NTNU/IOE project MSESSD 'Energy for Social Sustainability' (http://msessd.ioe.edu.np/) from 2015-end 2020. She is also Project leader of the DIKU, NORPART financed project SAMAJ, 'Transdisciplinary Education for a Sustainable Society' (https://www.samaj.online/) from 2019 to 2023. Keitsch has worked for over 20 years in the sustainable development field, mainly with industrial ecology, eco design, and architecture, urban planning, stakeholder inclusion and transdisciplinary collaboration, and ethics of sustainability. Keitsch is Member of several Scientific Committees, board member of the International Sustainable Development Research Society and of the Network, Women in Design Research. She has been Guest-editor of four special issues for the Journal "Sustainable Development". Keitsch is teaching Bachelor- Master- and PhD students and has published several articles on the topics above. Recent publications cover: Sustainability and Public Space, Transdisciplinary collaboration in Renewable energy projects, Sustainable Design and Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation through Low carbon-city design.