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In spite of our own best interests: lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project

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In spite of our own best interests: lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project. / Boyko, Christopher Thomas; MacKenzie, Angus Robert; Leung, Holly.
In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2015, p. 206-219.

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Boyko, CT, MacKenzie, AR & Leung, H 2015, 'In spite of our own best interests: lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 206-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.956296

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Boyko, C. T., MacKenzie, A. R., & Leung, H. (2015). In spite of our own best interests: lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39(2), 206-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.956296

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Boyko CT, MacKenzie AR, Leung H. In spite of our own best interests: lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 2015;39(2):206-219. Epub 2014 Sept 5. doi: 10.1080/03098265.2014.956296

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Boyko, Christopher Thomas ; MacKenzie, Angus Robert ; Leung, Holly. / In spite of our own best interests : lessons from an interdisciplinary sustainability project. In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 2015 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 206-219.

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