Transdisciplinary co-production: Designing and testing a transdisciplinary research framework for societal problem solving

Futures

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-122

  Polk, Merritt ^a  

^a Mistra Urban Futures ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Co production; Participation; Sustainability science; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84923006445     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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