Perceived incentives to transdisciplinarity in a Japanese university research center

Futures

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 136-149

  Lauto, Giancarlo ^a,b   Sengoku, Shintaro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic career; Japan; Life science; Material science; Research incentives; Transdisciplinarity; University research center

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; LIFE SCIENCE; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; KYOTO [KINKI]; KYOTO [KYOTO (PRF)];

EID: 84922960229     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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