Research
Affiliated projects
INOGOV - Innovations in Climate Governance
INOGOV is an international network of excellence dedicated to understanding policy and governance innovation for climate change. With 27 countries currently signed, it draws together scholars and practitioners who focus on particular aspects of climate change policy and governance innovation, namely their: ‘sources’; ‘diffusion’; and ‘effects’.
Improving Earth Systems Governance through “Purpose Ecosystems”
The aim of this project is to investigate the role and agency of purpose ecosystems in contributing to Earth System Governance. Specifically, in this project we explore which roles the emerging Purpose Ecosystem plays in Earth System Governance, and specifically in endorsing and accelerating action aligned with achieving the UN SDGs. We also highlight a number of risks, barriers and caveats to be considered in their overall assessment and propose important questions for further research.
Governing the EU’s Climate and Energy Transition in Turbulent Times (GOVTRAN)
A network focusing on two key aspects of recent EU climate and energy policy: the EU climate and energy policy framework for 2030 and the impact of the European Union’s climate and energy policy/governance on, and contribution to, the longer-term future of Europe, European integration, and the EU.
Global Goals
Explaining the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals through a detailed investigation of their institutional arrangements and actor networks, at international and national levels.
Environmental Governance in the Intermountain West: A study group of the Environmental Governance Working Group
This initiative focuses on environmental governance issues in the areas of water and forests in the Intermountain West (IMW) region of the US (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho), using the Earth System Governance research framework.
CROWD_USG: Crowdsourcing Urban Sustainability Governance
The project explores the potential of crowdsourcing to advance innovative urban sustainability governance models. Research hypothesis are tested against evidences collected through investigation on the city of Ghent. Actor-Network Theory framework and Scenario Building analysis are adopted for investigating social, political and economic development determined by the introduction of crowdsourcing processes.
Behind the Scenes: Mapping the Role of Treaty Secretariats in International Environmental Policy-Making
“Behind the Scenes: Mapping the Role of Treaty Secretariats in International Environmental Policy-Making” (ENVIPA) explores how and to what extent international public administrations (IPAs) interact with political and non-political actors of various levels during and in-between major international conferences. The project seeks to identify to what extent and under which conditions convention secretariats can act as partially autonomous actors.
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