pesquisa e formação na área do meio ambiente e desenvolvimento: novos quadros de pensamento, novas formas de avaliação

We present and discuss the conceptual framework of research and formation in the realm of environmental and developmental issues. The widely used concepts of “sustainable development” and “interdisciplinarity” are critically analyzed. Many graduate programs, recently created in Brazil, have tried to incorporate both concepts to their planning and practice. To evaluate such interdisciplinary programs we need new procedures, which may widely differ from the current institutional model, originally planned for disciplinary courses. We propose alternate forms of evaluating the performance of such graduate programs which are more adequate and compatible with the newly created academic structures.