Interdisciplinary knowledge integration through group model building: Recognizing dualities and triadizing the conversation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 582-591

  Hovelynck, Johan ^a   Dewulf, Art ^b   François, Greet ^a   Taillieu, Tharsi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross disciplinary research; Dualities; Group model building; Interaction analysis; Knowledge integration; Thirdness; Water governance research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; INTEGRATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78349309770     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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