This book is for students and researchers across the social sciences who are planning, conducting and disseminating research on sustainability-related issues.
This book is an essential tool for students, researchers and practitioners in planning, implementing and evaluating their Sustainability research..
The book concludes with a critical synthesis of issues and methods examined in the book together with a discussion of future research pathways. dissemination of Sustainability research findings, including influencing policy, communicating with school children and working with the media.
Each chapter presents a different method; its challenges and suitability for different situations; an in-depth example of the method in action; insights and lessons. a host of social science based research methods and approaches.
Coverage includes: the general challenges that Sustainability presents to researchers, including frictions between Sustainability and scientific tradition; complexity; research paradigms; interdisciplinarity; social-environmental interactions; and ethical concerns.
Researching Sustainability contains many in-depth, \'hands on\' accounts by expert contributors, providing real-life examples and lessons that can be put to use immediately.
Real-world Sustainability problems cross many boundaries, and this is the first book to guide students and practitioners through the practical and theoretical challenges of doing interdisciplinary research in this vital and emerging area.
This book is for students and researchers across the social sciences who are planning, conducting and disseminating research on sustainability-related issues
