Transdisciplinarity for social learning? The contribution of the German socio-ecological research initiative to sustainability governance

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 418-426

  Luks, Fred ^a   Siebenhüner, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Governance; Science policy; Social learning; Socio ecological research; Sustainable development; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34250200155     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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