Experiences from establishing structured inter- and transdisciplinary doctoral programs in sustainability: A comparison of two cases in South Africa and Austria

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-129

  Muhar, Andreas ^a   Visser, Jan ^a   Van Breda, John ^a  

^a not available

Author keywords

Doctoral studies; Interdisciplinarity; Sustainability research; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS;

AUSTRIA; DOCTORAL PROGRAMS; DOCTORAL STUDIES; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE; RESEARCH APPROACH; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; TRANSDISCIPLINARITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84886949197     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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