Systemic evaluation of cross‐border networks of actors: Experience with a German‐Polish‐Czech cooperation project

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• Leibenath is Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER) in Dresden, Germany. Knippschild is a doctoral student and researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER) in Dresden, Germany
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