Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability - 9781472462954

Taylor & Francis

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to SustainabilityAuthor(s): Edmond Byrne, Gerard Mullally, Colin Sage\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472462954, 978-1472462954\nSynopsis\nDemonstrating how a university can, in a very practical and pragmatic way, be re-envisioned through a transdisciplinary informed frame, this book shows how through an open and collegiate spirit of inquiry the most pressing and multifaceted issue of contemporary societal (un)sustainability can be addressed and understood in a way that transcends narrow disciplinary work. It also provides a practical exemplar of how far more meaningful deliberation, understandings and options for action in relation to contemporary sustainability-related crises can emerge than could otherwise be achieved. Indeed it helps demonstrate how only through a transdisciplinary ethos and approach can real progress be achieved. The fact that this can be done i.