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Transdisciplinary research functions as an epistemic topology where researchers act as polytopic actors who simultaneously navigate multiple disciplinary spaces to foster creativity and ethical judgment. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To introduce a topological framework for transdisciplinarity that conceptualizes knowledge production through relational, in-between spaces rather than hierarchical academic paradigms.

August 27, 2026World Futures

Transdisciplinarity as Epistemic Topology: Polytopy, In-Between Spaces, and the Transformation of Knowledge

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SUSvetoslava Urgese FDFrédéric Darbellay

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Conceptual analysis proposes an epistemic topology of transdisciplinarity across academic institutions, highlighting how polytopic research fosters ethical judgment and creativity alongside AI.

Key Points

To introduce a topological framework for transdisciplinarity that conceptualizes knowledge production through relational, in-between spaces rather than hierarchical academic paradigms.
Conducted an epistemological and conceptual analysis of transdisciplinary research models and disciplinary boundaries.
Developed the theoretical concept of 'polytopy' to evaluate how researchers interact across multiple, heterogeneous epistemic spaces and institutional constraints.
Demonstrates that transdisciplinary researchers function as polytopic actors who successfully navigate tensions across rigid, monotopic institutional environments.
Identifies polytopic and topological frameworks as vital mechanisms for strengthening human reflexivity, creativity, and ethical judgment amid expanding artificial intelligence technologies.

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Urgese et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe98110c91c1e9262114c https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2026.2722618

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August 27, 2026World Futures

Transdisciplinarity as Epistemic Topology: Polytopy, In-Between Spaces, and the Transformation of Knowledge

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Authors

SUSvetoslava Urgese FDFrédéric Darbellay

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Overview

Conceptual analysis proposes an epistemic topology of transdisciplinarity across academic institutions, highlighting how polytopic research fosters ethical judgment and creativity alongside AI.

Key Points

To introduce a topological framework for transdisciplinarity that conceptualizes knowledge production through relational, in-between spaces rather than hierarchical academic paradigms.
Conducted an epistemological and conceptual analysis of transdisciplinary research models and disciplinary boundaries.
Developed the theoretical concept of 'polytopy' to evaluate how researchers interact across multiple, heterogeneous epistemic spaces and institutional constraints.
Demonstrates that transdisciplinary researchers function as polytopic actors who successfully navigate tensions across rigid, monotopic institutional environments.
Identifies polytopic and topological frameworks as vital mechanisms for strengthening human reflexivity, creativity, and ethical judgment amid expanding artificial intelligence technologies.

Cite This Study

Urgese et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe98110c91c1e9262114c https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2026.2722618

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