Erich Jantsch proposes a radical transformation of universities to increase society’s capacity for self-renewal. This requires reorganizing around interdisciplinary approaches bridging empirical, pragmatic, normative, and purposive knowledge. Jantsch envisions a “transdisciplinary” structure with systems design labs, function-oriented departments, and discipline-focused departments—enabling universities to actively shape the “joint systems” of society and technology, not just serve them.
Published in Policy Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 403–428.
