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Author:   Edmond Byrne ,  Gerard Mullally ,  Colin Sage
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781472462954

ISBN 10:   1472462955
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   04 July 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Part 1: Setting the Scene Contexts of Transdisciplinarity: Drivers, Discourses & Process Gerard Mullally, Colin Sage and Edmond Byrne Disciplines, Perspectives and Conversations Gerard Mullally, Edmond Byrne and Colin Sage Sustainability as Contingent Balance between Opposing though Interdependent Tendencies; A Process Approach to Progress and Evolution Edmond Byrne Part 2: Transdisciplinary Conversations and Conceptions Paradigmatic Transformation across the Disciplines; Snapshots of an Emerging Complexity Informed Approach to Progress, Evolution and Sustainability Edmond Byrne Fear and Loading in the Anthropocene: Narratives of Apocalypse and Salvation in the Irish Media Gerard Mullally Bio-fuelling the Hummer? Transdisciplinary Thoughts on Techno-Optimism and Innovation in the Transition from Unsustainability John Barry The Gulf between Legal and Scientific Conceptions of Ecological ‘Integrity’: The Need for a Shared Understanding in Regulatory Policy-Making Owen McIntyre and John O'Halloran Precaution and Prudence in Sustainability: Heuristic of Fear and Heuristic of Love Bénédicte Sage-Fuller Sustainable Future Ecological Communities: On the Absence and Continuity of Sacred Symbols, Sublime Objects and Charismatic Heroes Kieran Keohane Using Energy Systems Modelling to Inform Ireland’s Low Carbon Future Brian Ó Gallachóir, Paul Deane and Alessandro Chiodi Markets, Productivism and the Implications for Irish Rural Sustainable Development Mary O’Shaughnessy and Colin Sage Nanomaterials as an Emerging Category of Environmental Pollutants David Sheehan Part 3: Conclusions Sustaining Interdisciplinarity? Reflections on an Inter-institutional Exchange by an Early Stage Researcher Stephan Maier, Michael Narodoslawsky and Gerard Mullally In Praise of Intellectual Promiscuity in the Service of a ‘Passion for Sustainability’ John Barry Transdisciplinarity within the University: Emergent Possibilities, Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints Edmond Byrne, Colin Sage and Gerard Mullally

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Dr Edmond Byrne is Senior Lecturer in Process & Chemical Engineering, Dr Gerard Mullally is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Dr Colin Sage is Senior Lecturer in Geography, all at University College Cork, Ireland. All three are lead collaborators on the 'Sustainability in Society' transdisciplinary research group at University College Cork, Ireland.

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