Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: Dancing with new partners in an age of austerity

Contemporary Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Bannister, Jon ^a   Hardill, Irene ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

knowledge; policy; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889660154     PISSN: 21582041     EISSN: 2158205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2013.770910     Document Type: Article

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