How to build a cross-disciplinary institute: the curious case of the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies

There is no recipe for setting up a new institute, especially if it is meant to be different from anything that currently exists. Here, we give a look behind the scenes at how we dreamt up the transdisciplinary South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Science (SARAS), located in Ur...

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Main Authors: Marten Scheffer, Nestor Mazzeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2019-07-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss2/art34/