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View article: Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research
Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research Open
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View article: Principles for a Case Study Approach to Social Tipping Points
Principles for a Case Study Approach to Social Tipping Points Open
Recent interdisciplinary study has led to significant conceptual advances and a broad empirical evidence base for ecological and climate tipping points. However, the literature has yet to present convincing empirical case studies of social…
View article: “Going back to what really held us together”: re-adaptation as resilience in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia
“Going back to what really held us together”: re-adaptation as resilience in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia Open
In the Torres Strait Islands (TSI), Indigenous Australian communities are negotiating the challenge of maintaining their identities and cultures in the face of rapid change. These identities and cultures are seen as vital to the region’s r…
View article: Convergence research as transdisciplinary knowledge coproduction within cases of effective collaborative governance of social-ecological systems
Convergence research as transdisciplinary knowledge coproduction within cases of effective collaborative governance of social-ecological systems Open
Successful collaborative governance (CG) of social-ecological systems (SES) involves multiple stakeholders convening iteratively over the long term to reach a commonly held vision. This often involves building knowledge for social learning…
View article: Learning from sticky variables in cross-case analyses of collaboration in social-ecological systems
Learning from sticky variables in cross-case analyses of collaboration in social-ecological systems Open
The importance of collaborative approaches to governing social-ecological systems (SES) towards more transformative outcomes is now widely acknowledged. Theoretical and meth- odological frameworks to enable such collaborations are being de…
View article: A Systematic Review of Key Factors of Effective Collaborative Governance of Social-Ecological Systems
A Systematic Review of Key Factors of Effective Collaborative Governance of Social-Ecological Systems Open
Sustainable resource management requires governance systems that facilitate effective collaboration among a variety of stakeholder interests, across jurisdictional scales and resource sectors. Yet, there is not widespread scholarly agreeme…
View article: Recovery or continued resuscitation? A clinical diagnosis of Colorado River sub-basin recovery programs
Recovery or continued resuscitation? A clinical diagnosis of Colorado River sub-basin recovery programs Open
With a particular emphasis on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCR-EFRP) and Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR-MSCP), we analyze, for each program, four system properties that contribute…
View article: Managing Fish or Governing Fisheries? An Historical Recount of Marine Resources Governance in the Context of Latin America – The Ecuadorian Case
Managing Fish or Governing Fisheries? An Historical Recount of Marine Resources Governance in the Context of Latin America – The Ecuadorian Case Open
The narratives and images about ocean and its resources governance, their use and value have deep roots in human history. Traditionally, the contemporary images of fish and fisheries have been shaped under the cultural construction of powe…
View article: Advancing the scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes: a co-produced research agenda
Advancing the scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes: a co-produced research agenda Open
Participatory approaches to science and decision making, including stakeholder engagement, are increasingly common for managing complex socio-ecological challenges in working landscapes. However, critical questions about stakeholder engage…
View article: The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus Open
The Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) was established in 2011, and is now one of the major international social-ecological systems (SES) research networks. During this time, SES research has undergone a phase of rapid growth…
View article: ‘The ghost of environmental history’: Analysing the evolving governance of communal rangeland resources in Machubeni, South Africa
‘The ghost of environmental history’: Analysing the evolving governance of communal rangeland resources in Machubeni, South Africa Open
The need to effectively govern and manage communal rangeland resources has become more important over the past two decades, given the extent of biodiversity loss caused by a myriad of drivers interacting at different scales. Using in‐depth…
View article: Data from: 'The ghost of environmental history': Analysing the evolving governance of communal rangeland resources in Machubeni, South Africa
Data from: 'The ghost of environmental history': Analysing the evolving governance of communal rangeland resources in Machubeni, South Africa Open
1. The need to effectively govern and manage communal rangeland resources has become more important over the past two decades, given the extent of biodiversity loss caused by a myriad of drivers interacting at different scales. 2. Using in…
View article: Resilience in the times of COVID: what the response to the COVID pandemic teaches us about resilience principles
Resilience in the times of COVID: what the response to the COVID pandemic teaches us about resilience principles Open
Times of crisis offer a rare opportunity to understand the mechanisms underpinning the resilience of complex adaptive systems. The coronavirus pandemic that started in 2020 overwhelmed health systems worldwide and forced governments, busin…
View article: Panarchy: ripples of a boundary concept
Panarchy: ripples of a boundary concept Open
How do social-ecological systems change over time? In 2002 C. S. Holling and colleagues proposed the concept of panarchy, which presented social-ecological systems as an interacting set of adaptive cycles, each produced by the dynamic tens…
View article: Resilient Organizations for River Restoration: The Case of Two Colorado River Sub-Basin Recovery Programs
Resilient Organizations for River Restoration: The Case of Two Colorado River Sub-Basin Recovery Programs Open
This study characterizes the resilience of organizations undertaking river basin governance and recovery. The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCREFRP) and the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (…
View article: A scoping review of environmental governance challenges in southern Africa from 2010 to 2020
A scoping review of environmental governance challenges in southern Africa from 2010 to 2020 Open
Summary Throughout southern Africa, there have been growing concerns about the rates of ecosystem degradation. This issue and natural resource governance concerns in general remain key challenges. We conducted a scoping review of 135 artic…
View article: On the frontiers of collaboration and conflict: how context influences the success of collaboration
On the frontiers of collaboration and conflict: how context influences the success of collaboration Open
The increasing scale and interconnection of many environmental challenges – from climate change to land use – has resulted in the need to collaborate across borders and boundaries of all types. Traditional centralized, top-down and sectora…
View article: Institutional analysis
Institutional analysis Open
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View article: Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood
Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood Open
Ensuring the security of ocean ecosystems that provide food and livelihood benefits from seafood systems requires significant investment in improving the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture production at scale. Seafood certificatio…
View article: Panarchy: ripples of a boundary concept
Panarchy: ripples of a boundary concept Open
How do social-ecological systems change over time? In 2002 Holling and colleagues proposed the concept of Panarchy, which presented social-ecological systems as an interacting set of adaptive cycles, each of which is produced by the dynami…
View article: Unpacking Changing Multi-Actor and Multi-Level Actor Ties in Transformative Spaces: Insights from a Degraded Landscape, Machubeni, South Africa
Unpacking Changing Multi-Actor and Multi-Level Actor Ties in Transformative Spaces: Insights from a Degraded Landscape, Machubeni, South Africa Open
The loss of ecosystem services through land degradation continues to be a significant concern for policymakers and land users around the world. Facilitating collective action among various actors is regarded as imperative in halting land d…
View article: Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering
Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering Open
Maintaining the performance of infrastructure‐dependent systems in the face of surprises and unknowable risks is a grand challenge. Addressing this issue requires a better understanding of enabling conditions or principles that promote sys…
View article: Exploring non-linear transition pathways in social-ecological systems
Exploring non-linear transition pathways in social-ecological systems Open
Tipping point dynamics are fundamental drivers for sustainable transition pathways of social-ecological systems (SES). Current research predominantly analyzes how crossing tipping points causes regime shifts, however, the analysis of poten…
View article: Navigating the chaos of an unfolding global cycle
Navigating the chaos of an unfolding global cycle Open
There are many calls to use the COVID 19 crisis as an opportunity for transforming to a future trajectory that is more equitable and environmentally sustainable. What is lacking is a cohesive framework for bringing these calls together. We…
View article: Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology for cross-case analysis
Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology for cross-case analysis Open
There are limited approaches available that enable researchers and practitioners to conduct multiple case study comparisons of complex cases of collaboration in natural resource management and conservation. The absence of such tools is fel…
View article: Panarchy
Panarchy Open
This dataset contains the human-coded data of scientific papers reviewed as part of the study: "Panarchy: ripples of a boundary concept". The code used for the analysis can be forked at https://github.com/juanrocha/panarchyThe file contain…
View article: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Ostrom’s Governing the Commons: Traditions and Trends in the Study of the Commons, Revisited
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Ostrom’s Governing the Commons: Traditions and Trends in the Study of the Commons, Revisited Open
In this editorial we assess 50 years’ worth of peer-reviewed publications to establish traditions and trends in the study of the commons. Based on this assessment, we provide a sketch of how IJC and its editors can continue to contribute t…
View article: Collaboration, Adaptation, and Scaling: Perspectives on Environmental Governance for Sustainability
Collaboration, Adaptation, and Scaling: Perspectives on Environmental Governance for Sustainability Open
In preview of the special issue on “Environmental Governance for Sustainability”, this manuscript examines three key themes on governance and sustainability. Governance for sustainability, by its nature, requires long-enduring institutiona…
View article: Defining tipping points for social-ecological systems scholarship—an interdisciplinary literature review
Defining tipping points for social-ecological systems scholarship—an interdisciplinary literature review Open
The term tipping point has experienced explosive popularity across multiple disciplines over the last decade. Research on social-ecological systems (SES) has contributed to the growth and diversity of the term’s use. The diverse uses of th…