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Research Centre Amsterdam

About the Research Centre

The Amsterdam Earth System Governance Research Center is committed to contribute to the implementation of the Earth System Governance Project as part of the global alliance of Earth System Governance Research Centres and brings social scientists working on earth system governance together.

It consists of the Environment Policy Analysis (EPA) Department of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the VU University Amsterdam, and the Governance and Inclusive Development (GID) programme group in the Faculty of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies of the University of AmsterdamRead more about the Research Centre Amsterdam.

Recent publications

Just Transitions: Promise and Contestation

Just transition prompts us to explore a number of important dimensions of Earth System Governance research, including sustainability transformations, inequality,…

Climate-smart socially innovative tools and approaches for marine pollution science in support of sustainable development

There is a complex interaction between pollution, climate change, the environment and people. This complex interplay of actions and impacts…

Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era

With the rapid destabilization, escalation and convergence of various environmental crises, global environmental politics is facing extreme turbulence. Tracing the…