Rico Defila, Fürspr.
Senior researcher, deputy leader RG Id/Td
Attorney at law
Research Group Inter-/Transdisciplinarity
(RG Id/Td)
Affiliation:
_Dep. of Social Sciences | Social Transitions Research Group (STR)
_Dep. of Environmental Sciences | Program Man-Society-Environment (MGU)
Postal address:
University of Basel
DGW, STR, FG Id/Td
Rheinsprung 24
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland
rico.defila@clutterunibas.ch
+41 61 207 04 15
Research interests
- Inter- and transdisciplinarity in research:
Challenges and requirements; process design in projects and project groups; quality and evaluation; organisational development of institutions - Inter- and transdisciplinarity in teaching:
Imparting competencies for inter- and transdisciplinary work; general propaedeutics of science (human and natural) (allgemeine Wissenschaftspropädeutik); curriculum development (higher education); quality and evaluation; institutionalisation in universities - Sustainability:
Sustainable consumption - Research Group Inter-/Transdisciplinarity
Publications
Professional experience
Research and Teaching:
Leading a research group; initiating, acquiring and leading research projects (7 projects with more than CHF 200’000 third-party funding; roughly 15 research projects with a smaller amount of third-party funding); managing research projects and project groups; designing and organising conferences and workshops; designing and delivering of courses and seminars (higher education and further training) (team teaching; Universities Bern, Lüneburg, Munich, and Bochum and on behalf of DFG, BMBF and other organisations)
Science management:
Management of an interdisciplinary university institute and its supervisory body (with representatives of the whole university); academic self government (strategic university planning, target/performance agreement, structural report procedures/appointment procedures, committee work); supervising the establishment and awarding of a scientific prize.
Consulting:
Consulting institutions, organisations and projects on questions about inter- and transdisciplinarity and curriculum development
Leadership:
Co-leading of an interdisciplinary university institute; personnel planning and personnel management
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