Crossing disciplinary boundaries in environmental research: Interdisciplinary engagement across the Slovene research community

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 574, Issue , 2017, Pages 1492-1501

  Rodela, Romina ^a,b   Alašević, Dušan ^c  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Environmental change processes; Interdisciplinary; Multidisciplinary; Science policy interface; Slovene research agency; Slovenia; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INTERDISCIPLINARY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; RESEARCH AGENCY; SCIENCE - POLICY INTERFACES; SLOVENIA; TRANSDISCIPLINARY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH INSTITUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; SOCIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMANITIES; INTERVIEW; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PATRICIA;

EID: 85028247575     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.144     Document Type: Article

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