Balancing divergence and convergence in transdisciplinary research teams

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-68

  Boon, Wouter P C ^a,b   Chappin, Maryse M H ^a   Perenboom, Jaap ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Rathenau Institute KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Co production; Joint knowledge production; Project governance; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMBEDDING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION;

EID: 84900517434     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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