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The aim of the HELENA project was to test if changing the curriculum towards more interdisciplinarity makes engineering degree courses more attractive to women and changes representations. The aim of this paper is to introduce HELENA methodology, to question “interdisciplinarity” and to provide ideas for future research.
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Godfroy, AS. (2012). Thinking Interdisciplinarity in Engineering Education. In: Béraud, A., Godfroy, AS., Michel, J. (eds) GIEE 2011: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-982-4_15
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