Research of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy

We contribute to sustainability transitions that are responsive to multifaceted societal demands. We embrace theoretical and methodological pluralism, working with concepts originating from political sciences, sociology, anthropology and human geography. We employ collaboration across disciplines to address wicked problems. Our research takes place in locations all over the world, from the local to the global level.

Science in society

We believe that scientists have a key role to play by communicating with society, media, and policymakers to make their work societally relevant. FNP’s work on the science – policy – society interface is characterised by four principles:

• Proactivity: We aim to be proactive at the science-policy-society interface to serve society with knowledge.
• Diversity of perspectives: Our roles in science-society-policy interactions are individual decisions, whether honest brokers or science advocates, FNP does not favour one specific role model above another.
• Reflexivity We think it is important to be reflexive about our role at the science-society-policy interface, and we communicate the understanding of our respective role in each situation.
• Limits of engagement: We think that our engagement as academics should be connected to our research and knowledge expertise (which is our mandate in society). As private individuals, we may practise activism not connected to our research or expertise.