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Open Access Labs in the Real World: Advancing Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability Transformation: Mapping the Field and Emerging Lines of Inquiry

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Authors: Schäpke, Niko; Bergmann, Matthias; Stelzer, Franziska; Lang, Daniel J.; Guest Editors

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 27, Supplement 1, 2018, pp. 8-11(4)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.27.S1.4

This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY licence.

There is a strong trend towards research in society-based laboratories, especially in relation to sustainability. Semantic analysis reveals related discourses and emerging lines of inquiry, namely transformative potential, transdisciplinarity and learning. Real-world laboratories are a dynamic example of this research. Contributions of how to deepen and broaden their analysis are presented.

Keywords: Reallabor; literature review; living lab; real-world lab; semantic analysis; sustainability transitions

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: January 1, 2018

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