Introduction to Interdisciplinary Environmental Research and Practice

Required core course restricted to first year E-IPER Ph.D. students. This course is designed for early-stage doctoral students pursuing interdisciplinary environmental research. It provides an overview of interdisciplinary research and practice, establishing a foundation for selecting a research approach best suited to a scholar's interests. The first half explores how scholars bring together different disciplines and/or fields of inquiry to conduct rigorous research. The second half focuses on the various ways scholars conduct applied research, exploring issues of power justice, and ethics with an emphasis on community-engaged research and co-production.