Rethinking science for sustainable development: Reflexive interaction for a paradigm transformation

Futures

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-85

  Kläy, Andreas ^a   Zimmermann, Anne B ^a   Schneider, Flurina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethics in science; Human dignity; Learning; Sustainable development; Transdisciplinarity; Transformative science; Values

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; LEARNING; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84923025635     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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