This paper provides reflections on transdisciplinary knowledge coproduction and experimentation processes from sustainability researcher perspectives. It centers on a 5-year period of collaborative research with small- and medium-sized enterprises in an Urban Living Lab in the Swedish craft beer sector. Nine reflections cover a variety of issues and potentials encountered during numerous interactions with societal partners, and are structured by three levels: organizational, interpersonal and intrapersonal. Based on the reflections, authors then propose a set of seven considerations and recommendations for how to more effectively collaborate in such transdisciplinary constellations. The recommendations apply across the three levels, and describe an approach to collaborative research that asks the researcher to be open, transparent, self-aware and intentional, reflective and reflexive, and both adaptive and flexible. Furthermore, they aim to create soft structures to facilitate understanding and mutual learning, such as designating “organizational champions”, as well as to embed collaborative reflections into recurring meetings with partners to maintain trust and capture sustainability knock-on opportunities as they arise.

本文从可持续性研究人员的角度对跨学科知识的共同生产和实验过程进行了反思。它的中心是与瑞典精酿啤酒行业的城市生活实验室中的中小企业进行为期 5 年的合作研究。九个反思涵盖了在与社会伙伴的众多互动中遇到的各种问题和潜力，并分为三个层次：组织、人际和个人内部。基于这些思考，作者随后提出了一套关于如何在此类跨学科领域更有效地协作的七项考虑和建议。这些建议适用于三个层面，并描述了一种要求研究人员公开、透明、自我意识和有意，反思和反思，适应性和灵活性。此外，他们旨在创建软结构以促进理解和相互学习，例如指定“组织冠军”，以及将协作反思嵌入与合作伙伴的定期会议中，以保持信任并在出现可持续发展连锁机会时抓住它们。