Practising interdisciplinarity in the interplay between disciplines: experiences of established researchers

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 922-933

  Castán Broto, Vanesa ^a   Gislason, Maya ^b   Ehlers, Melf Hinrich ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disciplines; Institutional theory; Interdisciplinary research; Interplay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350619495     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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