Are forest researchers only scientists? Case studies on the roles of researchers in Japanese and Swedish forest policy processes

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-154

  Nagasaka, Kenji ^a   Böcher, Michael ^a   Krott, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest policy; RIU model; Roles of researcher; Scientific knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CASE-STUDIES; CONSENSUS BUILDINGS; FOREST POLICY; FOREST RESEARCHERS; ROLES OF RESEARCHER; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SWEDISHS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84975861184     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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