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Gender

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

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Gender. / Wallaschkowski, Stephan; Feenstra, Mariëlle.
Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for Our Common Future. ed. / Lewis Akenji; Philip J. Vergragt; Halina Szejnwald Brown; Thomas S. J. Smith; Laura Maria Wallnöfer. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2025. p. 45-49.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

Harvard

Wallaschkowski, S & Feenstra, M 2025, Gender. in L Akenji, PJ Vergragt, H Szejnwald Brown, TSJ Smith & LM Wallnöfer (eds), Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for Our Common Future. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 45-49. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584056-9

APA

Wallaschkowski, S., & Feenstra, M. (2025). Gender. In L. Akenji, P. J. Vergragt, H. Szejnwald Brown, T. S. J. Smith, & L. M. Wallnöfer (Eds.), Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for Our Common Future (pp. 45-49). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584056-9

Vancouver

Wallaschkowski S, Feenstra M. Gender. In Akenji L, Vergragt PJ, Szejnwald Brown H, Smith TSJ, Wallnöfer LM, editors, Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for Our Common Future. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2025. p. 45-49 doi: 10.4324/9781003584056-9

Bibtex

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