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Inclusive intent, instrumental outcomes: how developer rationales shape participation in solar energy projects Open

Fleur van Boven, B.J.M. van Vliet, Simon R. Bush, Sven Stremke · 2025

Aquaculture Governance Indicators: A diagnostic framework for steering towards sustainability Open

Hilde Toonen, Simon R. Bush, Rolando Ibarra, Cormac O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Hudson , et al. · 2025

The Aquaculture Governance Indicators (AGI) are an integrated social scientific framework for assessing governance performance for steering aquaculture sectors towards sustainability around the world. The AGI assess four governance dimensi…

Climate Transparency and Reflexive Capacity of Local Government Actors in Jakarta, Indonesia Open

Nila Kamil, Simon R. Bush, Sylvia Karlsson‐Vinkhuyzen · 2025

Federating ‘Aquaculture 4.0’ for data-driven social and environmental sustainability Open

Sake R.L. Kruk, Simon R. Bush, Michael J. Phillips · 2024

Can cooperation reduce yield risks associated with infectious diseases in shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam? Open

Ho Hong Lien, Yann de Mey, Dang Kieu Nhan, Simon R. Bush, M.P.M. Meuwissen · 2024

Infectious diseases are a major threat to Asian shrimp aquaculture, as they proliferate at system level rather than only the individual level. We assess the impact of various forms of cooperation among Vietnamese farmers on yield risks cau…

Changing fish trade practices in Myanmar’s rapidly transforming food system Open

Xavier Tezzo, Simon R. Bush, Ben Belton, Peter Oosterveer, Aung Mon · 2024

Wholesale markets, wholesalers, and processors play critical but underappreciated roles in shaping food systems. Most conventional research on food provisioning analyzes value chains in terms of their structure, conduct, and performance. W…

Countering salmon farming expansion: Network-making power in a nomadic marine space Open

José Barrena, Simon R. Bush, Machiel Lamers · 2024

Promoted by the state, and national and international companies, salmon farming has spread to the south of Chile over the last three decades. This expansion has been resisted by local groups as social and environmental impacts in expanded …

Shallow fixes and deep reasonings: framing sustainability at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Open

Maíra de Jong van Lier, Jessica Duncan, Annah Lake Zhu, Simon R. Bush · 2023

Digital sustainability assurance governing global value chains: The case of aquaculture Open

Sake R.L. Kruk, Hilde Toonen, Simon R. Bush · 2023

Sustainability risks in aquaculture are increasingly addressed through forms of assurance that rely on the use of digital technologies. By bringing in new actors and informational processes, these forms of digital sustainability assurance …

Aquaculture governance: five engagement arenas for sustainability transformation Open

Stefan Partelow, Furqan Asif, Christophe Béné, Simon R. Bush, Aisa O. Manlosa , et al. · 2023

Presidential address: The role of non-governmental organisations in neglected tropical disease programmes Open

Simon R. Bush · 2023

The 2022 RSTMH Presidential Address was given in Liverpool and covered a range of topics, from the importance of early career development and mentoring to the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in neglected tropical disease (NTD…

Social harvest control rules for sustainable fisheries Open

Kate Barclay, Simon R. Bush, Jan Jaap Poos, Andries Richter, P.A.M. van Zwieten , et al. · 2023

Fisheries are supposed to be for the benefit of society, producing food, providing livelihoods and enabling cultural continuity. Biological productivity goals for fish stocks operationalised through Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) are central…

Is the neglected tropical disease mass drug administration campaign approach an effective strategy to deliver universal health coverage? A case study of the Liberia neglected tropical disease programme Open

Andrew Tate, Karsor Kollie, Laura Senyonjo, Hugh J. W. Sturrock, Phillip Downs , et al. · 2023

Background Access to affordable, quality healthcare is the key element of universal health coverage (UHC). This study examines the effectiveness of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) mass drug administration (MDA) campaign approach as a …

Beyond compliance: public voluntary standards and their effect on state institutional capacity in Vietnam Open

Trang Thu Tran, Judith van Leeuwen, Dieu Thi My Tran, Simon R. Bush · 2023

Public certification standards have received limited scholarly attention, especially the institutional capacity of public authorities that develop and implement these standards to address complex challenges, such as the promotion of indust…

Information practices for improved sustainability assurance in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture Open

Ho Hong Lien, Yann de Mey, M.P.M. Meuwissen, Simon R. Bush · 2023

This paper explores the performance and embeddedness of information practices performed by smallholder farmers in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture in response to private sustainability interventions. Using a social practice intervention frame…

Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone Open

Amanda Schadeberg, Marloes Kraan, R.A. Groeneveld, Damian Trilling, Simon R. Bush · 2023

Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations Open

Beatrice Crona, Emmy Wassénius, Malin Jonell, J. Zachary Koehn, Rebecca Short , et al. · 2023

Blue foods, sourced in aquatic environments, are important for the economies, livelihoods, nutritional security and cultures of people in many nations. They are often nutrient rich 1 , generate lower emissions and impacts on land and water…

No Rationality Without Capacity: Understanding the Failed Application of Economic Instruments in Vietnamese Industrial Zones Open

Trang Thu Tran, Judith van Leeuwen, Simon R. Bush · 2023

The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System Open

Jim Leape, Fiorenza Micheli, Michelle Tigchelaar, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto , et al. · 2023

Enhancing institutional capacity in a centralized state: The case of industrial water use efficiency in Vietnam Open

Trang Thu Tran, Simon R. Bush, Judith van Leeuwen · 2022

This article uses an institutional capacity framework to assess the interplay between the macro level institutional environment in the form of the centralized Vietnamese state, and the meso level institutional capacity of three different i…

The interruption of transmission of onchocerciasis in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Nigeria: another milestone achievement Open

Sunday Isiyaku, Michael Igbe, Suzie Madaki, Louise Hamill, Patrick Ndongmo , et al. · 2022

Background More than 40 million people live in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in Nigeria. For at least 19 y, mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin was implemented with at least 65% total population coverage in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamf…

Science governs the future of the mesopelagic zone Open

Amanda Schadeberg, Marloes Kraan, R.A. Groeneveld, Damian Trilling, Simon R. Bush · 2022

Scientists have studied the open ocean’s mesopelagic zone, extending from 200m-1000m depth, for more than 70 years. As renewed interest in this global ecosystem grows, divergent proposals and knowledge claims are being made on its current …

The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system Open

Michelle Tigchelaar, Jim Leape, Fiorenza Micheli, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto , et al. · 2022

The Gambia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem: Challenges and successes Open

Agatha Aboe, Balla Musa Joof, Sarjo Kanyi, Abba Hydara, Philip Downs , et al. · 2022

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world and has been known to be a major public health problem in The Gambia for over 60 years. Nationwide blindness surveys, including trachoma, in 1986 and 1996 provided the foun…

Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race – let's not drop the baton Open

Philip Downs, Simon R. Bush, Ron Bannerman, Lynsey Blair, Susan D’Souza , et al. · 2022

Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide Open

Stacia Stetkiewicz, Rachel Norman, Edward H. Allison, Neil Andrew, Gulshan Ara , et al. · 2022

The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses the extent to …

Unpacking the Heterogeneity of Climate City Networks Open

Sayel Cortes, Jeroen van der Heijden, Ingrid Boas, Simon R. Bush · 2022

Digitalizing environmental governance for smallholder participation in food systems Open

Sake R.L. Kruk, Sanneke Kloppenburg, Hilde Toonen, Simon R. Bush · 2021

Unpacking the heterogeneity of climate city networks Open

Sayel Cortes, Jeroen van der Heijden, Ingrid Boas, Simon R. Bush · 2021

Digital twinning as an act of governance in the wind energy sector Open

Helena Solman, Julia Kirch Kirkegaard, M.C.J. Smits, B.J.M. van Vliet, Simon R. Bush · 2021

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