Collaboration between researchers and practitioners in environmental assessment: Introduction to the special issue

Research and practice on environmental assessment (EA) have inspired and qualified one another for decades. Despite this long-lasting relationship, there is limited focus on the nature and the value of the collaboration in EA literature. This special issue of Environmental Impact Assessment Review entails contributions from a series of countries on how collaboration between researchers and practitioners unfolds, how it is understood, and what the value of collaboration is. The special issue thus aims to increase attention to how we collaborate in the field of EA and thereby provide a basis for more deliberate decisions on types of collaboration in the future.