Affiliated projects
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.
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.
Norms of Global Governance Initiative (NGGI)
NGGI aims at identifying normative discourses that are fundamental to global environmental governance, to map areas of consensus and disagreement, and to contribute to progressive development of global environmental norms.
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’.
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.
