The range and depth of scholarly research within WCG is reflected in our ongoing and recently completed projects, which are both externally and internally funded. These include, for example:
POLICY AND GOVERNANCE PROCESSES
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
Comparative Agenda-Setting (ongoing) |
Analyzing politics of attention in comparative perspective |
Gerard Breeman (PAP) |
Transitions, leadership and governance (ongoing) |
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Katrien Termeer (PAP) |
Private governance of international commodity chains |
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Michiel Köhne, Otto Hospes (LAW) |
CLIMATE AND ENERGY GOVERNANCE
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
Climate Adaptation |
Analyzing consequences of climate change and potential adaptation plans in the Netherlands |
Katrien Termeer,Art Dewulf (PAP) |
Canadian greenhouse gas emissions (2009-2012) |
Allocating Canadian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions amongst Sources and Provinces: Learning from Germany and the European Union |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
Transnational Climate Change Governance (2008-2010) |
Research Network |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
Governing climate change in cities |
Modes of urban climate governance in multi-level systems |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
Governing Climate Change in the UK and Germany (2003-2005) |
Research on Local Governments and Transnational Networks |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
CONTRAST |
Governance of transitions in consumption routines |
Gert Spaargaren (ENP) |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
Common Agricultural Policy health check |
Research aimed to reframe CAP policies in the Netherlands. |
Renate Werkman (PAP) |
Sustainable Biofuels? |
Biofuels, sustainability governance and social inclusion in Brazil |
Otto Hospes (LAW) |
Human rights and market regulation of food production and food chains |
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Otto Hospes (LAW) |
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTE AND SANITATION
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
PROVIDE |
Provision of sustainable sanitation infrastructure for the urban poor in East Africa |
Peter Oosterveer, Gábor Szántó, Gert Spaargaren (ENP) |
MARINE, COASTAL, REGIONAL SEAS, FISHERIES GOVERNANCE
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
RESCOPAR |
Governance of mangrove coastal environments in Southeast Asia. |
Simon Bush, Arthur Mol (ENP) |
Patterns, process and participation |
Accounting for different perceptions on North Sea fisheries management. |
Marieke Verweij, Jan van Tatenhove (ENP) |
RISKGOV (2009-2011) |
Environmental Risk Governance of the Baltic Sea |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
GOVCOM (2003-2006) |
Governing a Common Sea: Changing Modes of Governance in the Baltic Sea Region |
Kristine Kern (ENP) |
WATER MANAGEMENT
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
Newater and water management |
|
Art Dewulf (PAP) |
SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Project name, year |
Project description |
Contact person(s) |
Safety Policies |
What policies have dominated at the Dutch department of interior in the last two decades? |
Gerard Breeman (PAP) |