2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Major courses
Transdisciplinary Research Design for Sustainable Society and Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Major courses
- Instructor(s)
- Shinya Hanaoka
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- XES.P401
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
To understand what is the concept of Transdisciplinary Research and propose an original Transdisciplinary Research.
Course description and aims
Propose an original Transdisciplinary Research by combining a few research topics from the faculty members of the Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering.
Keywords
Transdisciplinary Research
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Mixture of lectures and group works.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basics of Transdisciplinary Research | Learn Transdisciplinary Research |
| Class 2 | Examples of Transdisciplinary Research (1) | Learn research topics of the department |
| Class 3 | Examples of Transdisciplinary Research (2) | Learn research topics of the department |
| Class 4 | Examples of Transdisciplinary Research (3) | Learn research topics of the department |
| Class 5 | Potential Topics of Transdisciplinary Research | Proposal and discussion |
| Class 6 | Discussion | Discussion |
| Class 7 | Final Presentation | Final Presentation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Tress, G., Tress, B. and Fry, G. (2005) Clarifying Integrative Research Concepts in Landscape Ecology. Landscape Ecology, 20, 479–493.
Geels, F.W. (2002) Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: A multi-level perspective and a case-study. Research Policy, 31, 1257-1274.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation and report.
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
None