Highlights•New emphasis on transdisciplinarity in sustainability science opens exciting
spaces for collaboration.•Yet, collaboration can be derailed by tensions between various …

Transdisciplinary research between diverse academic and societal actors is a core practice
in sustainability science. However, it often seems to fail in delivering new scientific insights …

This article provides a rationale for inner transformation as a key and hitherto
underresearched dimension of sustainability transformations. Inner transformation relates to …

Both within science and society, transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly employed to
address today's sustainability challenges. Often transdisciplinary research processes are …

Process-oriented transdisciplinary research is generally seen as a promising approach to
facilitate sustainability transitions. This type of research requires new participatory roles for …

Although sustainability science and social-ecological systems research pursue very similar
goals, ie, generate problemand solution-oriented knowledge to foster sustainability …

Sustainability transitions aim to comprehensively address key challenges of today's
societies through harmonizing ecological integrity and social viability. During the last …

Highlights•We present a framework to clarify learning processes in transdisciplinary
research.•We propose three distinctive conceptions of transdisciplinary learning.•We include …

Sustainability is fast becoming a, if not the, central research issue of our time. The inexorable
press of climate change, population growth and resource consumption highlights the need …

Since this journal was launched in 2006 to provide a platform for the pioneers of
sustainability science (Komiyama and Takeuchi 2006), the science has matured in the …