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View article: An integrated process for planning, delivery, and stewardship of urban nature-based solutions: The Connecting Nature Framework
An integrated process for planning, delivery, and stewardship of urban nature-based solutions: The Connecting Nature Framework Open
Mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities has grown in scale and magnitude in recent times but is still considered to be the main challenge for transitioning our cities and their communities to be more climate resilient and liveable: …
View article: Institutional influences on social enterprise types in the Republic of Ireland
Institutional influences on social enterprise types in the Republic of Ireland Open
Extensive research over the past twenty years explains and documents different approaches to and examples of social enterprise across the world. One line of research analyses the institutional contexts – considering economic development, g…
View article: Impact Assessment: a Connecting Nature Guidebook
Impact Assessment: a Connecting Nature Guidebook Open
A robust impact assessment framework entails careful reflection and planning of monitoring and evaluation processes that pertain to the design of nature-based solutions. By definition, nature-based solutions are multifunctional. NBS assess…
View article: Guest editorial: Complexity as a model for social innovation and social entrepreneurship: is there order in the chaos?
Guest editorial: Complexity as a model for social innovation and social entrepreneurship: is there order in the chaos? Open
The complexity sciences are subject to increasing policy interest from governments and international organisations as a means for fostering both social innovation and social entrepreneurship. However, there remains little conceptual clarit…
View article: Innovating with Nature: Factors Influencing the Success of Nature-Based Enterprises
Innovating with Nature: Factors Influencing the Success of Nature-Based Enterprises Open
Nature-based enterprises (NBEs) have recently emerged as important actors in the delivery of nature-based solutions (NBS) to societal challenges, but little is known about the context in which they operate and the factors influencing their…
View article: Social innovation and temporary innovations systems (TIS): insights from nature-based solutions in Europe
Social innovation and temporary innovations systems (TIS): insights from nature-based solutions in Europe Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability of the complexity-based temporary innovation system (TIS) framework to social innovation and examine the extent to which “nature-based solution” (NBS) projects may be unders…
View article: From Nature-based Solutions to the Nature-based Economy - Delivering the Green Deal for Europe. Draft White Paper for consultation. Nature-based Economy Working Group of EC Task Force III on Nature-based Solutions
From Nature-based Solutions to the Nature-based Economy - Delivering the Green Deal for Europe. Draft White Paper for consultation. Nature-based Economy Working Group of EC Task Force III on Nature-based Solutions Open
This White Paper addresses this imbalance by proposing a paradigm shift - a new approach to valuing natural capital and to enabling its incorporation in the economic system. This document is a synthesis of a longer background report under …
View article: Innovating with Nature: From Nature-Based Solutions to Nature-Based Enterprises
Innovating with Nature: From Nature-Based Solutions to Nature-Based Enterprises Open
Nature-based solutions (NBS) to address societal challenges have been widely recognised and adopted by governments in climate change and biodiversity strategies. Nevertheless, significant barriers exist for the necessary large-scale implem…
View article: Connecting Nature Deliverable 1: Report on contributions to tasks 1.1 to 1.4
Connecting Nature Deliverable 1: Report on contributions to tasks 1.1 to 1.4 Open
Co-creation and co-production of knowledge with relevant city actors are at the core of Connecting Nature activities and the development of a reference framework for impact evaluation also applied co-creation principles to the design of an…
View article: Public Administration and Complexity – or how to teach things we can’t predict?
Public Administration and Complexity – or how to teach things we can’t predict? Open
Introduction to the special issue ‘Teaching Complexity’
View article: Complexity theory and public management: a ‘becoming’ field
Complexity theory and public management: a ‘becoming’ field Open
Since the special edition of Public Management Review on ‘Complexity Theory and Public Management’ in 2008 (Volume 10 (3)), co-edited by Geert Teisman and Erik-Hans Klijn, academic interest in comp...
View article: Operationalising Sustainability within Smart Cities
Operationalising Sustainability within Smart Cities Open
Sustainable decision making for strategic planning requires support frameworks which can analyse and interpret the multiple interactions underpinning complex urban environments. Such frameworks are often based on economic measures, consequ…
View article: Enabling leadership in practice: examining the case of ICT development in public healthcare settings
Enabling leadership in practice: examining the case of ICT development in public healthcare settings Open
A review of current literature on leadership and public administration quickly identifies an unease with present models of leadership and how appropriate they are in an increasingly complex public sector environment (McKelvey and Lichtenst…
View article: Managing the Entanglement: Complexity Leadership in Public Sector Systems
Managing the Entanglement: Complexity Leadership in Public Sector Systems Open
Complexity in public sector systems requires leaders to balance the administrative practices necessary to be aligned and efficient in the management of routine challenges and the adaptive practices required to respond to dynamic circumstan…