Political sphere
Researchers in this theme examine how different interests, values and power relations shape the governance of forests and nature, and how policies are made, contested and experienced from global to local levels.
Forests and nature are valued, used, managed and governed according to a broad range of worldviews, interests and ways of knowing; these are in turn connected to actors, policies and institutions. Opposing ideas and interests result in political struggles that often involve unequal power relations. This research theme addresses the ‘politics of governance’ and explores how major paradigms, discourses, institutions and interests play out in policy making. We also study the impacts policies have, from global to local levels, including the ways in which the local people defy or adopt policy interventions and the difference these can make to forests and nature.
Research themes
Political sphere
This research theme addresses the ‘politics of governance’ and explores how major paradigms, discourses, institutions and interests play out in policy making and what impacts these policies have.
Market sphere
This theme analyses the interplay of markets and policies, including informal practices and rules, along forest landscape related value chains.
Society sphere
In this theme, we explore the ways humans enact their relationships with forests and nature and the implications for forest and nature governance and management.
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