A Masterclass in interdisciplinarity: Research into practice in training the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 608-617

  Lyall, Catherine ^a   Meagher, Laura R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Technology Development Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; STUDENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861947522     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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