Embedded expertise: a conceptual framework for reconstructing knowledge orders, their transformation and local specificities

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-419

  Jung, Arlena ^a   Korinek, Rebecca Lea ^a   Straßheim, Holger ^a,b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary arrangements; expertise; knowledge orders; Science and Technology Studies (STS); science policy politics interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917739539     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2014.892425     Document Type: Article

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