The urgent challenges of our time - climate change, technological disruption, social inequality - demand inter-and transdisciplinary approaches. Inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) education is therefore increasingly vital in preparing students to address these challenges - challenges that cannot be understood or resolved within the confines of a single discipline, sector, or type of knowledge. This new edition of Designing Inter- and Transdisciplinary Education offers a structured, practice-informed guide grounded in real-world experimentation, critical reflection, and continuous development.

Directors, developers, trainers, and lecturers engage with these questions on a daily basis - not only conceptually, but through years of hands-on experience in designing, teaching, and supporting ITD education. This book presents this experience to inspire and support others and to offer guidance on designing effective ITD programs and courses: How do we teach the craft of integration, not just multiple perspectives? What makes an inter- and transdisciplinary curriculum truly work? What does it take to realize an ITD program?

The book also invites lecturers and institutions to recognize ITD education as a compelling opportunity to rethink the purposes and practices of higher education. The future of ITD in higher education requires vision, courage, and institutional imagination. Meeting this challenge requires more than curricular reform. This book offers tools and inspiration to support that endeavor for interdisciplinary initiatives in higher education.

Linda de Greef is Innovation lead at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS, UvA), the Netherlands. She pioneers with new inter- and transdisciplinary education, including award-winning programs like UvA Placemaking. She has extensive expertise in designing transformative curricula, she fosters national and international educational networks and is (co-)trainer and facilitator of different professionalization courses or sessions for lecturers. Linda is co-author of Meaningful Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education (2021) in this book series.

Lucy Wenting is Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS, UvA), the Netherlands, and advisor in higher education. Under her leadership, the IIS has become a hub for innovative interdisciplinary education. She specializes in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching and learning, strategy development, coaching, and process facilitation, with a proven track record in educational leadership at the institutional level. In addition she is also co-trainer of the Educational Leadership Program of the UvA.

Ilja Boor is co-lead of the Teaching & Learning Center Science of the Faculty of Science (fTLC, UvA), the Netherlands. She has extensive experience in creating and developing innovative tools for education, as such she is developer and co-lead of the Visible Learning Trajectories Program. She drives curriculum-level educational innovation by aligning curriculum design, team professionalization, and the integration of affective learning. Additionally, she co-developed the Transition Makers Toolbox together with different Dutch Universities. Ilja is co-author of Meaningful Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education (2021) in this book series.