New roles of science in society: Different repertoires of knowledge brokering

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-365

  Turnhout, Esther ^a   Stuiver, Marian ^a   Judith, Judith ^a   Harms, Bette ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democratization; Expertise; Innovation; Science policy interface; Transdisciplinarity; Transition

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84883143284     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs114     Document Type: Article

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