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Venn diagram tool - td-net toolbox profile 6 Pearce, B. 2020
This publication describes the Venn diagram tool and is part of a series of tools and methods compiled in the td-net toolbox for co-producing knowledge (www.transdisciplinarity.ch/toolbox).
The Venn diagramm tool is a diagram for forming groups around joint topics based on participants’ background, expertise, and interest.

The venn diagram tool provides a structure to clarify each participant’s expertise (e.g. background, interest, discipline) in relation to joint topics of interest. The tool consists of three or more circles indicating topics that overlap. Based on their expertise and interests, participants are allocated to a circle or to an overlap area. Applied to a heterogeneous group of people, this tool serves to:
1) Show the diversity and distribution of participants’ expertise;
2) Cluster participants around joint topics.


