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Accelerating innovation in sustainable development through transdisciplinary impact research.

Rebekah Brown, Brett Davis, Matthew French, Tony Wong, Diego Ramirez-Lovering, Steven L Chown, Thomas Clasen, David Johnston, Ansariadi Ansariadi, Amelia Turagabeci and 6 more

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Review in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Rebekah BrownAustralian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
Brett DavisMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Matthew FrenchOffice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Tony WongMonash Art Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3145, Australia.
Diego Ramirez-LoveringMonash Art Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3145, Australia.
Steven L ChownSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Thomas ClasenRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
David JohnstonCentre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3145, Australia.
Ansariadi AnsariadiFaculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Amelia TuragabeciSchool of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Tamavua, Suva, Fiji.
Kerrie BurgeMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Chris GreeningBiomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
David McCarthyDepartment of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Stephen LubyWoods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Karin LederSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
RISE Consortium

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many global sustainable development challenges remain intractable due to the inadequacy of traditional approaches for dealing with complex, multi-dimensional, systemic problems from which the challenges arise, and the absence of effective innovation pathways between discovery and development practice. Faster paced innovation and systems change to overcome poor progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly for the global South, where a lack of cost-effective and accessible solutions results in political paralysis. In this context, mission-based, transdisciplinary impact research approaches that fast-track methodological development of research and practice in sustainable development are highly promising for achieving systems change and evidence-informed solutions to global sustainability challenges. Here, based on learnings from a large-scale program applying such an approach and comparable global exemplars, we provide some essential "pillars" of support as foundational practical guidance for others to implement this enabling model for impact-oriented research while concurrently delivering real-world impact and legacy.

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global changeinterdisciplinary application studies

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PMID42006368
PMCPMC13087720

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