Transdisciplinary case studies as a means of sustainability learning: Historical framework and theory
Transdisciplinary case studies as a means of sustainability learning: Historical framework and theory
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跨学科案例研究作为可持续发展学习的手段:历史框架和理论
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2006
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M. Stauffacher
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R. Scholz;D. Lang;Arnim Wiek;A. I. Walter;M. Stauffacher
Purpose – This paper aims at presenting the theoretical concepts of the transdisciplinary case study approach (TCS), which is a research and teaching approach developed and elaborated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), as a means of transition support.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reveals the historical roots of case studies, transdisciplinarity and sustainable development as teaching and research paradigms. The TCS approach is presented, which has been developed at ETH for supporting transition management of regional, urban, and organizational systems. This approach is entrenched by an ontology that reveals the basic characteristics of ill‐defined transition problems, an epistemology that refers to Probabilistic Functionalism and distinguishes between multi‐layered systemic and normative epistemics, a methodology that includes a set of methods for case representation (including modelling and projection), assessment, and strategy building, and a project management model that ref...