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Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 12 / 2010 (553)

Multidisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: Theoretical Approaches and Implications for the Strategy of Post-Crisis Sustainable Development

Gheorghe ZAMAN
Institute of National Economy
Zizi GOSCHIN
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Abstract. The science of sustainability connects with many different disciplines and research areas in specific ways that implies the pursue of multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary researches. The paper proposes an insight into the key complex problems of sustainable economic development, by addressing this issue in relation to the concepts of multi-, inter- and transdisciplinarity, as well as exploring their implications and possible long-term effects on the post-crisis economic development.

Keywords: multidisciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; transdisciplinarity; sustainability; crisis; complexity theory.

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