Messerli, Paul (2008). Research on Alpine Landscape Development: From Research to Policy. Mountain Research and Development, 28(2), pp. 128-131. Boulder, Colo.: International Mountain Society 10.1659/mrd.0994
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Swiss National Research Programs (NRPs) are usually geared to addressing issues of major societal concern. In so doing these programs produce different kinds of knowledge: analytical knowledge necessary for revealing the driving forces, conflicting interests and institutional settings that govern the processes under scrutiny; target knowledge oriented towards revealing the directions in which the processes should be guided; and action knowledge that informs about the means by which this can best be achieved. Analytical knowledge answers the questions “what is the problem?” and “what causes it?” while target knowledge helps to define “what is our vision for the future?” and action knowledge deals with “how can we solve the problem?” Production of these 3 different types of knowledge is usually linked in an iterative process in the course of the research supported in an NRP.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography |
UniBE Contributor: |
Messerli, Paul Walter |
ISSN: |
0276-4741 |
Publisher: |
International Mountain Society |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:17 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1659/mrd.0994 |
Web of Science ID: |
000256940200007 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.34265 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/34265 (FactScience: 200195) |
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