Co-designing research on transgressive learning in times of climate change

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-55

  Lotz Sisitka, Heila ^a   Ali, Million Belay ^b   Mphepo, Gibson ^c   Chaves, Martha ^d   Macintyre, Thomas ^d   Pesanayi, Tichaona ^a   Wals, Arjen ^e   Mukute, Mutizwa ^f   Kronlid, David ^g   Tran, Duc Tuan ^h   Joon, Deepika ⁱ   McGarry, Dylan ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MELCA   (Ethiopia)

^c LEAD Southern and East Africa   (Malawi)

^d CASA   (Colombia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Garden Africa ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Peace and Education for Sustainable Development   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN METHOD; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 84977627545     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2016.04.004     Document Type: Review

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