Guide for assessing societal impact now available in English

Freitag, 09.01.2026

The GTPF-Working Paper 2 is now available in English with the title "Societal Impact of Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research: A Guide for Assessment". 

The working paper provides a framework with criteria and examples of indicators for assessing social impacts and impact potential of transdisciplinary and participatory research. It also contains three examples of applying the guide from citizen science, health research and transdisciplinary sustainability research. 

Schäfer, M., Bührer-Topcu, S., Ehnert, F., Graf, V., Haus, J., Höhener, O., Holtmann, F., Vasilyeva, Z., von
Peter, S., & Wolf, B. (2025). Societal Impact of Transdisciplinary and Participatory research: A Guide for
Assessment (GTPF Working Paper No. 2, English Translation). 

You can find the paper here: https://zenodo.org/records/17937353