Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: Experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-281

  Pohl, Christian ^a,b   Rist, Stephan ^g   Zimmermann, Anne ^g   Fry, Patricia ^c   Gurung, Ghana S ^g   Schneider, Flurina ^d   Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika ^e   Kiteme, Boniface ^g   Boillat, Sébastian ^c   Serrano, Elvira ^f   Hadorn, Gertrude Hirsch ^a   Urs, Wiesmann ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

^e GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; POWER RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

BOLIVIA; KENYA; NEPAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77953249536     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234210X496628     Document Type: Article

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