Transformative Research

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028528",
  "term": "Transformative Research",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Investigations that generate new knowledge, that brings about new ways of defining the world, and that has general application to many similar kinds of problems. Central to transformative research in ORD is a focus on sustainable solutions that consider social, economic, and environmental issues.\n\n2. This research is driven by ideas that have the potential to dramatically change the current understanding of an important existing scientific or engineering concept.",
  "references": [
    "Delta Team 2010. Quotation from EPA Path Forward Glossary",
    "Adapted from Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/transformative-research/"
}