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Table 2 Main characteristics of the selected TD projects according to project proposals

From: Whose knowledge, whose values? An empirical analysis of power in transdisciplinary sustainability research

Characteristics/project

A

B

C

D

E

Funding cohort

2015

2015

2014

2014

2014

Planned project duration

4 years

4 years

4 years

3 years

3 years and 3 months

Thematic cluster

Health and education

Regional development

Regional development

Urban development

Technology

Range of submitted project budget (EUR)

1–1.5 million

2.5–3 million

2.5–3 million

< 500,000

1.5–2 million

Number of academic institutes listed as applicants

4

8

7

3

7

Main type of practitioners involved

Public service providers, associations

Public sector actors

NGOs, associations

NGOs, associations, public sector actors, citizens

Private sector actors, public sector actors, ‘consumers’

Letter of intent (LOI) of (selected) practitioners

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Reference to notion of transdisciplinarity

Strong (but mostly in the interdisciplinary sense)

Strong

Strong

Strong

Weak

Financial resources for practitioners according to budget plan

No

No

No

No

No