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Participation is a core element of transdisciplinary research. A look at the different project descriptions reveals that participation is more prominent in the first and the third phase of the research process. Also, the intensity and the specific meaning of participation differ substantially between the projects. Transdisciplinary research could benefit from more reflexivity on questions such as who is empowered by participation, or on which criteria are used to decide who is in and who is out.
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Elzinga, A. (2008). Participation. In: Hadorn, G.H., et al. Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6699-3_22
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