the university of messina in sicily, ricardo palma university in lima, and the centre national de la recherche scientifique (cnrs), the french national research center in paris, have established research centers based on his transdisciplinary methods and philosophy. in addition, the multiversidad mundo real edgar morin, a university based on his work, was established in mexico. morin did not embrace the french postmodern or poststructuralist movements, instead pursuing his own research agenda. as a result, us academics did not transport his theories into disciplinary discourses in same fashion as they did foucault's and derrida's. morin's work spans scholarly and popular literature, and he has appeared on the cover of multiple publications including sciences humaines and a special issue of le monde.