Harriet Thew

The SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training (START) project was launched in 1992 as an international science project that sought…

The complexity of human-environment interactions in coastal areas represent management challenges, especially in the beach environment, important for its ecosystem…

During the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations consulted worldwide nearly ten million people for their views. Such proliferating megaconsultations are often uncritically accepted as a remedy for an assumed democratic deficit of intergovernmental institutions. We argue, however, that the potential of civil society consultations to democratize global governance is constrained by the limited…