This special issue in the International Journal of the Commons furthers the study of natural resource management from a critical institutional perspective. Critical institutionalism (CI) is a contemporary body of thought that explores how institutions dynamically mediate relationships between people,… Read More »Special issue on critical institutionalism
Scientific knowledge on climate change has always been an important source of information for policy makers. The amount of warming up, the rise of the waterlevels, the changes in ecosystems are all factors that need to be carefully researched and… Read More »Climate change: science versus practice
As of 1 September 2013, I am the new coordinator for the REDD+ research network at the Wageningen University. This network is known as REDD@WUR. Over 80 researchers at the Wageningen University are working on REDD+ related issues and this… Read More »REDD+ @WUR
To save the forests of the Amazon, countries have been designing new rules, laws and mechanisms. But the effect of these rules are not always good and local people living in the forests respond to them in a unpredictable manner.… Read More »Unpredictable outcomes
