This article presents the results of a document analysis of the BMBF funding programs for labour research between 1990 and 2020. In particular, it examines how the BMBF conceptualises the transfer of knowledge in its funding programmes for labour research, which instruments for successful knowledge transfer have been introduced and modified over time and what role transdisciplinary cooperation between science and practice plays in this. The analysis provides interesting insights into (changing) understandings of transdisciplinary knowledge transfer, how it works and the quality and corresponding success criteria cited by the BMBF. The findings are summarised and discussed in eight points. Particular attention is paid to the scientific connectivity of the transdisciplinary research mode in BMBF-funded labour research.
