Bridging two worlds? The troubled transfer of new environmental knowledge from science to consulting engineers

Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom)

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 321-334

  Hojem, Thea Sofie Melhuus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

consulting engineering; engineering practice; environmental knowledge; sociology of innovation; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868326922     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699312460252     Document Type: Article

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