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Research collaboration is increasingly interdisciplinary, with those working in traditional fields of science, technology, engineering and medicine recognizing the value of collaboration with those working in the humanities, arts and social sciences. This chapter explores the challenges and opportunities for communication within and from cross-sectoral research teams. The authors draw examples from researched case studies to describe how cross-sectoral collaboration positions science within the social context. They also look at how cross-sectoral communication relates to current models of science communication.
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Metcalfe, J., Riedlinger, M., Pisarski, A. (2008). Situating Science in the Social Context by Cross-Sectoral Collaboration. In: Cheng, D., Claessens, M., Gascoigne, T., Metcalfe, J., Schiele, B., Shi, S. (eds) Communicating Science in Social Contexts. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8598-7_11
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