Enabling effective problem-oriented research for sustainable development

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kueffer, Christoph ^a   Underwood, Evelyn ^a   Hadorn, Gertrude Hirsch ^a   Holderegger, Rolf ^a,b   Lehning, Michael ^c,d   Pohl, Christian ^a   Schirmer, Mario ^e   Schwarzenbach, René ^a   Stauffacher, Michael ^a   Wuelser, Gabriela ^a   Edwards, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e Eawag ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinarity; Knowing doing gap; Outreach; Participation; Post normal science; Problem oriented research; Research partnership; Research policy; Science policy nexus; Social learning; Transdisciplinarity; Transition management

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LEARNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 84872056494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05045-170408     Document Type: Article

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