Social capital accumulation and the role of the researcher: An example of a transdisciplinary visioning process for the future of agriculture in Europe

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-99

  McKee, A ^a   Guimaraes M H ^b   Pinto Correia, T ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Participatory research; Transdisciplinarity; Visioning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIST; SKILL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84923369108     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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