Environmental governance ¶

The Environmental Governance Group is interested in how and by whom environmental decisions are made and what their consequences are. Environmental Governance encompasses all actors (state and non-state), institutions (rules) and practices involved in environmental decision-making. Environmental decisions are triggered by, and/or result in, environmental changes such as climate change, biodiversity loss or resource consumption. We are therefore interested, on the one hand, in the measures, strategies and concepts we use to respond to environmental changes. On the other hand, we are interested in the extent to which our political, economic and social decisions result in environmental changes.  

We aim to better understand and explain environmental governance to be able to make better environmental decisions. In doing so, it is important to us to generate practice-relevant knowledge and develop solutions to enable successful environmental governance. Our research focuses on current societal issues. We have experience in conducting inter- and transdisciplinary, applied and conceptual research projects. In doing so, we combine various empirical social science methods, employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, with a preference for case studies.