Advancing research on global environmental change and governance
The Earth System Governance Project is a global research network that aims to advance knowledge at the interface between global environmental change and governance. The network connects and mobilizes scholars from the social sciences and humanities researching at local and global scales.
We are delighted to invite you to the 2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. This year's conference will take place in-person, with virtual access and presentations…
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taskforces and working groups
Through these groups, we engage substantively with key issues of global environmental change confronting contemporary societies.
The Planetary Justice Taskforce of the Earth System Governance Project brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars who are concerned…
This taskforce seeks to foster a generation of researchers and practitioners with anticipatory expertise and experience around anticipatory governance that…
The Taskforce on Ocean Governance seeks to address the daunting multi-level challenge of oceans governance in the Anthropocene. It brings…
The Earth System Governance ‘Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation’ seeks to bring together scholars that share a common interest in making…
The proposal for a new geological epoch dominated by human activity – the Anthropocene – highlights the planet-shaping power of…
Latest news and perspectives
Do you wish to engage further in education on earth system governance or share resources with…
The Earth System Governance journal, established in 2018 as an open-access platform for research on governance…
At the mid-way point of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation, the SDG Progress Report by the…
Earth System Governance Publications
The project’s flagship publications seek to advance knowledge in our field and provide authoritative stances on existing and emerging aspects of earth system governance research
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Meet our research fellows
Featured Scholar
Moises Covarrubias
Why did you join the ESG Network, and what motivated you to get involved?
I became a Research Fellow of the ESG Network because I recognized the increasing importance of improving the informing of policy and decision-making processes related to environmental change. The urgent need for knowledge brokering on sustainable governance practices motivated me to get involved in the ESG Network. As a research fellow, I strive to advance the knowledge at strengthening the interface between science, policy, and society in framing and solving environmental problems.
As a mentee of the 2023 Mentoring Initiative, what is the most valuable lesson you have learned?
In my current role as a CCUS and Decarbonization Policy researcher at the C4U project, I navigate complex interdisciplinary projects involving collaboration with multiple European countries and a diversity of stakeholders. As a mentee in the 2023 Mentoring Initiative, the most valuable lesson I have been looking to learn is how to engage with different societal actors, and stakes, to arrive at more effective and diversifying solutions to global environmental challenges.