Exploring the promises of transdisciplinary research: A quantitative study of two climate research programmes

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1397-1409

  De Jong, Stefan P L ^a,b   Wardenaar, Tjerk ^c   Horlings, Edwin ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PNO Consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Rathenau Institute KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate research; Knowledge transfer; Principal agent theory; Societal actor involvement; Societal impact; Transdisciplinary research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PRINCIPAL-AGENT THEORY; SOCIETAL ACTOR INVOLVEMENT; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84992304565     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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