Challenges of transdisciplinary research as interactive knowledge generation experiences from transdisciplinary case study research

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Wiek, Arnim ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case study research; Epistemology; Extended peer review; Interactive knowledge generation; Mediated negotiation; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147097490     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.16.1.14     Document Type: Article

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