Methodological challenges of transdisciplinary research

Natures Sciences Societes

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Pohl, Christian ^a,b   Hadorn, Gertrude Hirsch ^b  

^a Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forms of knowledge; Means of integration; Methodology of transdisciplinary research; Specialization in transdisciplinary research; Transdisciplinary research process

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 52949121010     PISSN: 12401307     EISSN: 17652979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/nss:2008035     Document Type: Article

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