Resilience scientists as change-makers-Growing the middle ground between science and advocacy?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-95

  Milkoreit, Manjana ^a   Moore, Michele Lee ^b   Schoon, Michael ^a   Meek, Chanda L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Normative; Resilience; Science policy interface; Scientific experts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SOCIETY;

EID: 85027957280     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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