Integrative research on environmental and landscape change: PhD students’ motivations and challenges

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 90; no. 9; pp. 2921 - 2929
• Main Authors: Tress, Bärbel, Tress, Gunther, Fry, Gary
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2009; Elsevier; Academic Press Ltd
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Comprehension; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Content analysis; Doctoral candidates; Ecology; Ecology - education; Ecology - methods; education; Education, Graduate; Empirical research; Environmental change; environmental education; Environmental management; Environmental studies; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Graduate students; higher education; Humans; Interdisciplinarity; Interdisciplinary research; Landscape; landscape ecology; Landscaping; Methodology; methods; Motivation; Perception; PhD studies; Postgraduate education; psychology; Research Design; Research training; Science education and barriers; Scientific research; Students; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tertiary education; Training; Transdisciplinarity; Research training; Science education and barriers; Transdisciplinarity; Doctoral candidates; Interdisciplinarity; Postgraduate education; Environmental studies; PhD studies; Landscape; Barrier; Environmental management; Education; Environment; Interdisciplinary field

The growing demand for integrative (interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary) approaches in the field of environmental and landscape change has increased the number of PhD students working in this area. Yet, the motivations to join integrative projects and the challenges for PhD students have so far n...