OEKB401065 Integrative and interdisciplinary research forum I

Type: Lecture and seminar
Semester hours: 1.5
Lecturer (assistant): Haidvogl, Gertrud , Mehdi-Schulz, Bano , Sindelar, Christine , Hein, Thomas
Organisation: Ecosystem Management, Climate and Biodiversity
Offered in: Wintersemester 2026/27
Languages of instruction: Englisch
Content: The course offers an introduction to interdisciplinary research and will address the need of interdisciplinary research to contribute to solving societal challenges. This involves reading and discussion of the HR21 core paper against the background of the various PhD projects as well as presentation and discussion of individually chosen papers dealing with interdisciplinary approaches and linking to one or more PhD-projects.
Previous knowledge expected: No specific knowledge is expected. But the course addresses PhD-students, in particular PhD-students of the BOKU-Doctoral School "Human River Systems in the 21st century".
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences): After completion of this course participants
* have acquired basic knowledge of interdisciplinary research
* are able to develop interdisciplinary research questions and appropriate methodological approaches
* are able to explain how research questions and methods typically differ between at least two disciplines, using examples from published studies.

You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.