Some canadian contributions to understanding knowledge mobilisation

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-369

  Cooper, Amanda ^a   Levin, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian empirical studies; Knowledge mobilisation; Research impact; Research use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951499715     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426410X524839     Document Type: Article

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