Transdisciplinary Academic Co-Leads
Supporting the integration of transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary across our campuses and within our communities
UCalgary is excited to announce the appointment of 16 Academic Co-Leads at the Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship (ITS)
The role of an ITS Academic Co-Lead is to advance and expand transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary.
Academic Co-Lead Roles and Responsibilities
In collaboration with the campus community and external partners/actors, the role is to:
Amplify the mission of ITS as it relates to describing transdisciplinarity for UCalgary, building new capacity for transdisciplinary scholarship, amplifying existing capacity for transdisciplinary scholarship, and identifying and mitigating barriers to transdisciplinary scholarship.
Action high-priority transdisciplinary scholarship activities, events, and initiatives. This includes developing large-scale, self-sustaining efforts on challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach.
Support the integration of diverse knowledge systems across disciplines and communities.
Engage scholars, students, and trainees in transdisciplinary scholarship within our campus and beyond.
Academic Co-Lead Appointment Details
Meet the ITS Academic Co-Leads: Cities and Societies
Ways to design, plan, and build sustainable, healthy communities to ensure all societal members thrive. Considers technology, innovations in smart cities, transportation, infrastructure, biodiversity, healthy cities and populations, and designing for equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Dr. Victoria Fast
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
Department of Geography
victoria.fast@ucalgary.ca
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Josh Taron
Associate Professor
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
jmtaron@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Ajwang’ Warria
Associate Professor
Social Work
ajwang.warria@ucalgary.ca
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Meet the ITS Academic Co-Leads: Digital Worlds
How data can be used to expand and create connections to inform a world with no boundaries. Considers how we can harness new technologies and themes of extended reality, human connection and enrichment, intelligent tools, security, ethics, regulations and law, and socio-culture transformation.
Dr. Marina Gavrilova
Acting Associate Dean (Research)
Faculty of Science
mgavrilo@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Mohammad Keyhani
Associate Professor
Haskayne School of Business
mohammad.keyhani@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Tyler Williamson
Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
tyler.williamson@ucalgary.ca
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Meet the ITS Academic Co-Leads: Energy Futures
The evolving energy system, how potential scenarios might develop over time, and the technological, economic, social, and political opportunities and challenges. Considers climate and environment, energy use and sources, politics and policy, economics, and the socio-cultural role of energy.
Dr. Sabrina Perić
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts,, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
speric@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Douglas Robb
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape
douglas.robb@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Gregory Welch
Professor
Faculty of Science
gregory.welch@ucalgary.ca
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Meet the ITS Academic Co-Leads: Health and Life
Child health and wellness, cancer, inflammatory and chronic diseases, brain and mental health, cardiovascular health, bone and joint health, public health, and others. Considers biomedical engineering, health informatics, nursing, and themes of biodiversity and health and wellbeing for people, animals, and the environment. Builds on UCalgary's network of health research institutes.
Dr. Elena Di Martino
Professor
Schulich School of Engineering
edimarti@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Jenny Godley
Professor
Faculty of Arts
jgodley@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Nicole Letourneau
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
nicole.letourneau@ucalgary.ca
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Meet the ITS Academic Co-Leads: Democracy, Justice, and Sustainability
Transforming institutions, governments, societies, and spaces to be equitable, inclusive, and diverse. Considers justice, democracy, freedom, autonomy, pluralism, anti-racism, and decolonization - through a lens of sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. *Intersects all focus areas.
Dr. Aleem Bharwani
Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
ambharwa@ucalgary.ca
Dr. Tonya Callaghan
Professor
Werklund School of Education
tdacalla@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Patrina Duhaney
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
patrina.duhaney@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Marjan Eggermont
Professor (Teaching)
Schulich School of Engineering
meggermo@ucalgary.ca
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ITS appoints 16 academic co-leads
June 28, 2024
New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary
Sixteen UCalgary faculty members have joined the Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship (ITS) as the inaugural cohort of academic co-leads.
The Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship
ITS is a connection point, from research institutes to individual scholars, designed for the learning and development of transdisciplinary scholarship across our UCalgary campuses and in partnership with communities. We aim to support the advancement of the global ecosystem of transdisciplinary research impact, scholarship leadership, and community mobilization activities using a collaborative approach informed by multiple perspectives.