Policy makers around the world are calling for the production and diffusion of more useful
information for environmental decision-making. Ideally, useful information expands …

Context: This article presents the main results from a large‐scale analytical systematic
review on knowledge exchange interventions at the organizational and policymaking levels …

This is an open access book. This book offers the first overview of the 'wicked problems'
literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the …

Deliberative democracy has challenged two widely-accepted nostrums about democratic
politics: that people lack the capacities for effective self-government; and that democratic …

In an online, interconnected world, democracy is increasingly made up of wikis and blogs,
pokes and tweets. Citizens have become accidental journalists thanks to their handheld …

An increasingly important aim of higher education is to develop graduates capable of
addressing complex, interdependent problems. Systems thinking is a critical interdisciplinary …

Long-term policy is enjoying something of a come-back in connection with sustainable
development. The current revival tries to avoid the pitfalls of an earlier generation of …

Deliberative democracy has become the central reference point for democracy theorists over
the last decade or so, influencing normative frameworks and the ways we conceptualize the …

In recent years, policy approaches that build upon the notion of innovation systems have
enjoyed increasing attention in science, technology and innovation policy. But while the …

Climate change is conventionally recognised as a large-scale issue resolved through
regional or national policy initiatives. However, little research has been done to directly …