Transdisciplinarity in Groundwater Management — Towards Mutual Learning of Science and Society

Transdisciplinarity is defined as a specific type of knowledge prodution that has to be distinguished from interdisciplinarity. Transdisciplinarity deals with relevant, complex societal problems and organizes processes of mutual learning between agents from the scientific and the non-scientific world. We introduce principles of transdisciplinarity when presenting projects on groundwater and soil management in the Klettgau trough, a catchment of 156 km2. Currently, the groundwater aquifer shows a critical nitrate load due to intense agriculture.