Transdisciplinary Global Health Challenge (TGHC) - a transdisciplinary community engagement project to foster Open Science practices with marginalized communities

Abstract

The Transdisciplinary Global Health Challenge (TGHC) is an educational module, implemented within the Global Health minor programme at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this module, students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds work together with community partners to address local and global health issues. The TGHC has a focus on social justice within global health research and includes projects with marginalized communities to co-create knowledge and effectuate positive change within the communities. This module helps students to develop transdisciplinary skills, understand the importance of perspective integration and cocreation, whilst simultaneously addressing real-world health issues together with communities/community partners.