Agency

Understanding effective earth system governance requires understanding the agents that drive earth system governance and that need to be involved. The research gap is here especially the influence, roles and responsibilities of actors apart from national governments, such as business and non-profit organizations, the ways in which authority is granted to these agents, and how it is exercised. Core questions advanced in this Science Plan are: What is agency? Who are the agents of earth system governance (especially beyond the nation state)? How do different agents exercise agency in earth system governance, and how can we evaluate their relevance?

Upcoming Events

04-06-2013 - 08-06-2013
Environmental governance for the Anthropocene: Opportunities and challenges for advancing knowledge and practice

The Earth System Governance Project is convening a panel discussion called "Environmental governance for the Anthropocene: Opportunities and challenges for advancing knowledge and practice" at the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.


Estes Park, CO, United States of America

Publications

Author(s) Title Yearsort icon
Kalfagianni, Agni., Philipp Pattberg. Fishing in muddy waters: Exploring the conditions for effective governance of fisheries and aquaculture. Marine Policy, 38: 124-132. 2013
Orsini, Amandine., Jean-Frédéric Morin and Oran Young. Regime complexes: A buzz, a boom, or a boost for global governance?. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 19: 27-39. 2013
Biermann, Frank., Philipp Pattberg (editors). Global Environmental Governance Reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2012
Biermann, Frank., Kenneth Abbott, Steinar Andresen, Karin Bäckstrand, Steven Bernstein, Michele M. Betsill, Harriet Bulkeley, Benjamin Cashore, Jennifer Clapp, Carl Folke, Aarti Gupta, Joyeeta Gupta, Peter M. Haas, Andrew Jordan, Norichika Kanie, Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská, Louis Lebel, Diana Liverman, James Meadowcroft, Ronald B. Mitchell, Peter Newell, Sebastian Oberthür, Lennart Olsson, Philipp Pattberg, Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, Heike Schroeder, Arild Underdal, Susana Camargo Vieira, Coleen Vogel, Oran R. Young, Andrea Brock, and Ruben Zondervan. Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance. Science, 335 (6074): 1306-1307. 2012
Bowen, Kathryn J., Sharon Friel, Kristie Ebi, Colin D. Butler, Fiona Miller and Anthony J. McMichael. Governing for a Healthy Population: Towards an Understanding of How Decision-Making Will Determine Our Global Health in a Changing Climate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9: 55-72. 2012

People

Gregory Borne, Plymouth University, United Kingdom
Dr. Carolyn Peach Brown, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Dr. Sarah Burch, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Sander Chan, Renmin University of China; and VU University Amsterdam, China
Prof. Tony Cheng, Colorado State University, United States of America
Prof. Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo; and CIGI Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada
Nicholas A Cradock-Henry, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand
Leonie Dendler, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Dr. Peter Edwards, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. Pedro Fidelman, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia