Creative tensions: Negotiating the multiple dimensions of a transdisciplinary doctorate

Reshaping Doctoral Education: International Approaches and Pedagogies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 128-143

  Willetts, Juliet ^a   Mitchell, Cynthia ^a   Abeysuriya, Kumi ^a   Fam, Dena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84918914070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203142783     Document Type: Chapter

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