The Concept and Application of Transdisciplinarity in by Hester du Plessis,Leonard Martin,Jeffrey Sehume,Mapungubwe

By Hester du Plessis,Leonard Martin,Jeffrey Sehume,Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)

In the previous 4 many years, transdisciplinarity has won conceptual and sensible traction for its transformative worth in accounting for the complicated demanding situations besetting humankind, together with social kin and ordinary ecosystems. the necessity to strengthen frameworks for joint problem-solving related to various stakeholders is unquestionable. in addition to producing inclusivity, which embraces academia, civil society, and policymakers within the private and non-private sectors, transdisciplinarity makes it possible for the appreciation of phenomena from a multiplicity of angles and provides societies artistic methods of looking ideas to demanding situations which could look intractable. This ebook places ahead choices inside of this enviornment and makes an attempt to at once reply to the multilayered demanding situations of diffuse disciplines, interlinked socioeconomic difficulties, affects of globalization, technological developments, environmental issues, nutrition protection, and more.

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