Scientists' situated knowledge: Strong objectivity in transdisciplinarity

Futures

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-27

  Rosendahl, Judith ^a   Zanella, Matheus A ^a   Rist, Stephan ^b   Weigelt, Jes ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Governance; Objectivity; Pro poor; Resource; Sustainability science; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BANGLADESH; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; ECUADOR; INDIA;

EID: 84923025216     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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