Land Body Ecologies: A case study for global transdisciplinary collaboration at the intersections of environment and mental health

• Published in: The journal of climate change and health Vol. 10; p. 100206
• Main Authors: Gougsa, Samrawit, Pratt, Victoria, George, Babitha, Vilela, Cecilia, Kobei, Daniel, Kokunda, Sylvia, Kelman, Ilan, Eaton, Ben, Maina, Lilian, Luari, Samson, Autti, Outi, Kerätär, Kaisa, Laiti, Jenni, Baxendale, Catherine, Raj, Romit, Deshpande, Reema, Gokharu, Riya, Singh, Neha, Ghelani, Sheila, Mendu, Nqatyiswa, Ahmad, Ayesha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Masson SAS 01.03.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Climate change; Creative methodologies; Environment; Mental health; Solastalgia; Transdisciplinary research; Climate change; Environment; Transdisciplinary research; Solastalgia; Creative methodologies; Mental health
• ISSN: 2667-2782; 2667-2782
• DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100206

Land Body Ecologies (LBE) is a global, transdisciplinary research group seeking to understand the mental health dimensions of minority, Indigenous and other land-dependent communities’ relationship to ecologies in a changing environment. We posit that our project is a successful case of global transdisciplinary collaboration that can serve as an example for others. In this paper we present: (1) an overview of our project structure across various disciplines and geographies; (2) a description of how we manage day-to-day operations and decision-making; (3) details of how we operationalise collaboration through examples from three key areas – creative methodologies, language considerations and authorship; (4) a discussion on strengths and limitations of the project.