Developing ‘Nexus Capabilities’: towards transdisciplinary methodologies
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چکیده
1: The Food, Water, Energy Nexus 2: The Politics of Nexus-Related Research 3: Origins, Aims and Questions 4: Multi-, Interand Transdisciplinarity 5: Methods, Methodologies and Functions 6: Context, Complexity and Uncertainty 7: Risk, Evidence and Sound Science 8: Objectivity, Subjectivity and Framing 9: Critical Reflection and Reflexivity 10: Inductive, Deductive and Abductive Methods in Nexus-Related Research 11: Uncertainty, Ambiguity and Ignorance 12: Institutions, Power and Closure 13: Some Practical Methodological Implications 14: Broadening Out and Opening Up Nexus-Related Methodologies 15: The Politics of Nexus-Related Methodologies 16: Towards Transdisciplinary Capabilities 17: Some Practical Implications for Nexus-Focused Research 18: Conclusions: Answering the Key Questions
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