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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kristof Van Assche, Monica Gruezmacher, Raoul Beunen
Summary: This paper presents a framework for analyzing shock and conflict in social-ecological systems and explores its implications for environmental governance and its evolutionary patterns and drivers. The distinction between shock and conflict is highlighted, and the potential consequences of shock and conflict in governance are discussed. The paper also reflects on the interpretation of adaptive governance in social-ecological systems.
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Ecology
Stefano Carattini, Sam Fankhauser, Jianjian Gao, Caterina Gennaioli, Pietro Panzarasa
Summary: This paper applies network analysis to examine the structural properties of international environmental cooperation and presents four related hypotheses. It finds that the increasing popularity of environmental treaties has led to the emergence of a collaboration network, which is continuously growing. The study also reveals that the network has become denser and more cohesive over time, facilitating more effective policy coordination and knowledge diffusion. Furthermore, it identifies the noticeable influence of European countries, particularly the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, in brokering environmental cooperation. It also highlights the shift in environmental coordination focus from fisheries and the sea to waste and hazardous substances.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Matthew Hamilton, Alexandra Paige Fischer, Lorien Jasny
Summary: Recent research shows that interdependent policy actors are more likely to collaborate, but in reality, most of the collaboration opportunities are not realized and are usually brokered by third party actors. This highlights opportunities to improve coordination among interdependent actors to enhance risk mitigation outcomes.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tasos Hovardas
Summary: This paper critically examines the unequal development of social sustainability and suggests that social learning can serve as an insightful anchor for conceptualizing and operationalizing social sustainability. By showcasing multi-stakeholder schemes in various environmental governance areas, the paper reveals commonalities between social sustainability and social learning, as well as the potential for cross-fertilization between the two concepts. The paper emphasizes the importance of managing the dynamics between collaboration and conflict in multi-stakeholder governance schemes in order to achieve innovations in social sustainability.
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Environmental Sciences
Christine Beaudoin, Isha Mistry, Nathan Young
Summary: This article analyzes findings from participatory workshops held with stakeholder groups in the Rideau Canal system and examines the value of this method for eliciting local knowledge and summarizing it for decision-makers. The study highlights the need for better integration of social and ecological factors in understanding complex historic waterway systems.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qi Rong, Liangfeng Shen
Summary: This study examines the stakeholder relationship network in ecological operations using social network analysis, finding high relevance, high reciprocity, and high transmissibility, demonstrating a core-periphery relationship structure.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Elena Andriollo, Alberto Caimo, Laura Secco, Elena Pisani
Summary: This study identifies conditions under which collaborations in environmentally sustainable projects are effective for the adaptive governance of SES, emphasizing the need for a transdisciplinary approach and strengthening communication, equity, foresight, and respect. Multiplicity in visions and approaches should be seen as a resource to stimulate creativity in social arrangements and environmental practices for the effectiveness of adaptive governance of SES.
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Environmental Sciences
Li Li, Wang Jiong, Huangfu Xin, Yichao Lu
Summary: This study examines the establishment of the Yangtze River Delta Eco-Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone, also known as Ecological Demonstration Zone. The authors identify two types of government cooperation in the inspection and acceptance process, namely between frontline environmental policy implementers and middle-level government, as well as the public. The research aims to understand the reasons for the shift in frontline government's targeted interaction in environmental governance and finds that institutional change factors such as fuzzy task models and qualitative on-site inspections by higher-level governments play a role in promoting this interaction.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ksenija Hanacek, Johannes Langemeyer, Tatyana Bileva, Beatriz Rodriguez-Labajos
Summary: This article explores the decline of cultural ecosystem services in rural areas undergoing changes, leading to environmental conflicts. Through a network analysis, it is found that rural place identity and connectedness to nature are central to responses to latent environmental conflicts. These findings emphasize the importance of considering cultural ecosystem services in environmental decision-making processes.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Dominic McAfee, Sarah-Lena Reinhold, Heidi K. Alleway, Sean D. Connell
Summary: Setting achievable goals for managing environmental health aligned with social interests and engaging community stakeholders in the decision-making process can reduce risks of opposition to environmental decisions and build support for solutions.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Social Issues
Fernanda Gisele Basso, Cristiano Gonsalves Pereira, Geciane Silveira Porto
Summary: This study analyzes the technological cooperation networks among public universities in the State of Sao Paulo and their respective areas resulting in patents. The main partners were identified as companies and other universities, with technologies focused on health and chemical sectors. Moreover, it was found that cooperation is still in its early stages and there is a strong emphasis on expertise in the health sector within the universities' patent portfolios.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Johan Munck af Rosenschold, Peeter Vihma
Summary: This article fills a gap in the literature by examining the relationship between projectified environmental governance and social-ecological fit. It finds that the spatial and temporal fit of projects is contingent on social fit. Frictions between decision-making levels also affect the horizontal achievement of fit across stakeholder groups and ecological systems, as well as the sustainability of project results over time.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lin Yang, Jiaming Lou, Junuo Zhou, Xianbo Zhao, Zhou Jiang
Summary: This study investigates the collaboration governance mode in Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reveals that the Wuhan Headquarters for Pandemic Prevention and Control (WHPPC) has maintained a strong collaborative status throughout the period, with medical institutions and other administrations as crucial participants. Construction-industry organizations played a key role in altering the pandemic development trends. Media and large-scale enterprises emphasized their contributions in the later stages. Grassroots cadres, healthcare force, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and financial institutions were essential collaborators. The study also proposes four evolution mechanisms of organization collaboration in response to COVID-19 in Wuhan.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Kathleen Buckingham, Bernadette Arakwiye, Sabin Ray, Ornanong Maneerattana, Will Anderson
Summary: This study examines environmental governance in Rwanda through a social network lens, aiming to understand actors' connections, priorities, and values in the restoration landscape at various scales in Gatsibo. It emphasizes the importance of diverse, reliable, and resilient networks of information, finance, and seedlings for sustainable restoration efforts. The study highlights the need to first understand and then strengthen networks by mapping resource flows, priorities, and values among actors, in order to develop effective strategies for change.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhanjie Wang, Yongfeng Ma, Shasha Wang, Chaoliang Luo, Yongjian Wang
Summary: China aims to transform its economy into a green and low-carbon one through goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Collaborative environmental governance is seen as an important approach to achieve this. The study analyzes the evolution of the collaborative environmental governance network in different periods in Guizhou Province, China. The results show gradual increases in network size, collaboration frequency, and cohesion, indicating a shift towards a more expanded and balanced system. Key implementers such as governments, urban management committees, and ecological environment bureaus have played leading and coordinating roles, but overall collaboration levels remain low.
Review
Agronomy
Vanesse Labeyrie, Martine Antona, Jacques Baudry, Didier Bazile, Orjan Bodin, Sophie Caillon, Christian Leclerc, Christophe Le Page, Selim Louafi, Juliette Mariel, Francois Massol, Mathieu Thomas
Summary: Biodiversity-based agriculture, practiced by smallholder farmers, relies on planned and associated biodiversity. There are increasing calls to support this agriculture as an alternative to industrial agriculture, with a focus on enhancing farmers' access to agrobiodiversity through improved governance and management systems. Research on the role of social networks in farmers' access to agrobiodiversity is crucial for developing new participatory approaches for agrobiodiversity management and governance.
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Blanca Gonzalez-Mon, Orjan Bodin, Emilie Lindkvist, Timothy H. Frawley, Alfredo Giron-Nava, Xavier Basurto, Mateja Nenadovic, Maja Schluter
Summary: This study examines the challenges faced by small-scale fisheries, the importance of diversification strategies, and how spatial diversification is influenced by environmental and institutional factors. The results highlight spatial diversification as a dynamic process that is influenced by a combination of factors.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maja Schluter, Guido Caniglia, Kirill Orach, Orjan Bodin, Nicolas Magliocca, Patrick Meyfroidt, Belinda Reyers
Summary: The complex nature of sustainability problems demands a rethinking of how theories are constructed and utilized in order to support interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes. Four ideal modes of theorizing and the concept of 'ecologies of theories' are proposed to meet the challenges and needs of sustainability science.
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marten Karlsson, Orjan Bodin
Summary: The use of quantitative analysis in assessing ecological impacts in urban planning is not common. However, in recent years, Sweden has started using quantitative modeling to analyze ecological connectivity. The study found that despite the use of quantitative analysis, most connectivity analysis reports (CARs) still mainly rely on qualitative aspects. The majority of CARs only partially meet the proposed criteria, and only a few reports address issues related to modeling transparency. The results indicate that the primary achievement in the past decade is the increased awareness and acceptance of ecological connectivity among practitioners and decision-makers.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Maria R. Felipe-Lucia, Angela M. Guerrero, Steven M. Alexander, Jaime Ashander, Jacopo A. Baggio, Michele L. Barnes, Orjan Bodin, Aletta Bonn, Marie-Josee Fortin, Rachel S. Friedman, Jessica A. Gephart, Kate J. Helmstedt, Aislyn A. Keyes, Kailin Kroetz, Francois Massol, Michael J. O. Pocock, Jesse Sayles, Ross M. Thompson, Spencer A. Wood, Laura E. Dee
Summary: This article discusses the challenges and opportunities of using social-ecological networks (SENs) in ecosystem service research, and proposes a typology to represent ecosystem services in SENs. The typology provides guidance for improving research design and addressing a wider range of questions regarding human-nature interdependencies.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Johanna Hedlund, Henrik Carlsen, Simon Croft, Chris West, Orjan Bodin, Emilie Stokeld, Jonas Jagermeyr, Christoph Mueller
Summary: This study investigates the potential impacts of climate change on global food trade networks. The research finds that the stability of trade networks varies for different crops, with maize trade being the least stable under climate change impacts. The threats to global food security may depend on production changes in major global producers and the ability of trade communities to balance production and import losses in vulnerable countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Jessica L. Fuller, Harry Strehlow, Jorn O. Schmidt, Orjan Bodin, Dorothy J. Dankel
Summary: The advice provided by ICES to its member countries is crucial for the sustainable management of shared marine resources and the conservation of relevant marine ecosystems. ICES has integrated marine and social sciences into a new assessment framework called integrated ecosystem assessments (IEA) to provide advice on societal trade-offs between different policy options. A social network analysis (SNA) was conducted to track the progression of IEAs within the ICES network, and the study showed that some IEA groups became more connected over time while others declined. Workshops were found to play an important role in the development of IEA knowledge and network connectivity within ICES.
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Orjan Bodin, Haibin Chen
Summary: This study reviews and synthesizes recent interdisciplinary research utilizing a network perspective to inform on governance and adaptation processes in regions undergoing rapid social, economical, and environmental changes. By using a network perspective, the study shows how rangeland managers in a dynamic pastoral region in China form social relationships based on geographic proximity, social status, and shared grazing areas. The results highlight that adaption to biophysical and socioeconomic changes is partly a social process, as rangeland managers develop their adaptive capacity jointly and in concert with others they trust and share grazing areas with. The study suggests further development of the network perspective to provide important new insights on sustainable land use in dynamic landscapes undergoing rapid change.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Political Science
Tiffany H. Morrison, Orjan Bodin, Graeme S. Cumming, Mark Lubell, Ralf Seppelt, Tim Seppelt, Christopher M. Weible
Summary: The success or failure of a polycentric system depends on complex political and social processes, such as coordination between actors and venues to solve specialized policy problems. However, there is currently no accepted method to isolate distinct coordination processes or understand how their variance affects polycentric governance performance. Researchers in Australia have developed and tested a building-blocks approach using different patterns or motifs to measure and compare coordination over time on the Great Barrier Reef. Their approach confirms that polycentric governance involves interdependent venues and actors that evolve over time, but mobilizing venues to improve issue specialization and actor participation can also fragment the overall capacity of polycentric governance to resolve conflicts and adapt to new problems. This building-blocks approach enhances understanding and practice of polycentric governance by enabling a more precise diagnosis of internal dynamics in complex environmental governance systems.
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Barbara Schroeter, Claudia Sattler, Jean Paul Metzger, Jonathan R. Rhodes, Marie-Josee Fortin, Camila Hohlenwerger, L. Roman Carrasco, Oerjan Bodin
Summary: Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration in environmental studies face the challenge of effectively communicating across disciplines to address pressing environmental challenges. This research brief evaluates the use of a boundary work approach in a synthesis group on socio-ecological systems, and discusses how it can integrate the knowledge of natural and social scientists. The results show that strategic selection of members, inclusion of boundary spanners, and prior identification of boundary concepts and objects can enhance collaboration and problem-solving in multidisciplinary teams.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Physiology
Joel T. Fuller, Dominic Thewlis, Jodie A. Wills, Jonathan D. Buckley, John B. Arnold, Eoin Doyle, Tim L. A. Doyle, Clint R. Bellenger
Summary: This study investigated the methodological considerations for translating wearable-based gait-monitoring data to field settings and used dynamical systems variables for athlete monitoring. The results showed that a 100 Hz sampling rate and signal lengths of 200 to 300 strides can be used to detect gait changes following intensive training. Additionally, using mean data from two sessions can lower the smallest detectable change values.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Michele L. Barnes, Lorien Jasny, Andrew Bauman, Jon Ben, Ramiro Berardo, Orjan Bodin, Joshua Cinner, David A. Feary, Angela M. Guerrero, Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley, John T. Kuange, Jacqueline D. Lau, Peng Wang, Jessica Zamborain-Mason
Summary: This study examines the evolution of a social-ecological network in a common-pool resource system over the past two decades. The results show that the community members are increasingly forming bonding social-ecological network structures and interacting with like-minded others, but there is limited evidence supporting the presence of resourceful actors that can promote innovation.
Article
Environmental Studies
Hanna Ahlstrom, Jacob Hileman, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Maria Mancilla Garcia, Michele-Lee Moore, Krisztina Jonas, Agnes Pranindita, Jan J. Kuiper, Ingo Fetzer, Fernando Jaramillo, Uno Svedin
Summary: The global hydrological cycle is influenced by complex interdependencies and self-regulating feedbacks, with increasing human impacts in the Anthropocene altering the dynamics of the cycle and posing challenges for water governance. Earth system law has the potential to bridge the gap between the global hydrological cycle and dispersed regulatory architecture, offering a solution to core problems in water governance. Through merging concepts from Earth system law with existing policy and legal principles, a framework is outlined for addressing hydrological issues in the Anthropocene and enhancing institutional compatibility between established governance systems and the global hydrological cycle.
EARTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Johanna Hedlund, Orjan Bodin, Daniel Nohrstedt
Summary: The study highlights the importance of considering policy issue interdependencies, particularly when the overall level of interdependency is moderate. Stakeholder validation confirmed the reliability of the methodological procedure, which identifies different patterns of policy issue interdependencies associated with biophysical and governance spheres. The study also raises questions about policy actors' perception of policy issue interdependencies, and whether reinforcing or counteracting interdependencies are easier to comprehend and act on.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS
(2021)
Article
Sociology
Tilman Hertz, Maria Mancilla Garcia
Summary: This article discusses the complexity of causality in social-ecological dynamics, argues for deeper investigation and transformation in understanding social-ecological systems. By re-examining cases, rejecting the separation of nature from society, adopting a process-relational perspective, and introducing the concept of intuition, it explores alternative methods to untangle causal dynamics and explain social-ecological phenomena.
FRONTIERS IN SOCIOLOGY
(2021)
