The interests, ideas, and institutions shaping public participation in local climate change governance in Ireland
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Wagner, P. M., & Lima, V. (in press)
The interests, ideas, and institutions shaping public participation in local climate change governance in Ireland. Local Environment, https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2023.2284946
Public participation in local governance is crucial for effective climate action and for ensuring that policies are designed in a way that respects the rights of communities. ...
Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices
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Wagner, P. M., Ocelík, P., Gronow, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., & Metz, F. (2023)
Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices. Policy and Politics, 51(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557322x16681603168232
Advocacy strategies are a key success factor for public, private and third sector actors who participate in and seek to influence policy choices. Despite this, research on pol...
Shared Positions on Divisive Beliefs Explain Interorganizational Collaboration: Evidence from Climate Change Policy Subsystems in 11 Countries
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Karimo, A., Wagner, P. M., Delicado, A., Goodman, J., Gronow, A., Lahsen, M., …Ylä-Anttila, T. (in press)
Shared Positions on Divisive Beliefs Explain Interorganizational Collaboration: Evidence from Climate Change Policy Subsystems in 11 Countries. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac031
Collaboration between public administration organizations and various stakeholders is often prescribed as a potential solution to the current complex problems of governance, s...
Network ties, institutional roles and advocacy tactics:Exploring explanations for perceptions of influence in climate change policy networks
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Wagner, P. M., Ocelík, P., Gronow, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., Schmidt, L., & Delicado, A. (in press)
Network ties, institutional roles and advocacy tactics:Exploring explanations for perceptions of influence in climate change policy networks. Social Networks, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2021.11.008
The extent to which a policy actor is perceived as being influential by others can shape their role in a policy process. The interest group literature has examined how the use...
Governing a multilevel and cross-sectoral climate policy implementation network
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Wagner, P. M., Torney, D., & Ylä‐Anttila, T. (2021)
Governing a multilevel and cross-sectoral climate policy implementation network. Environmental Policy and Governance, 31(5), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1942
For national governments to meet their international climate change obligations they need to develop and implement plans that involve coordinating the actions of local, region...
Unity in diversity? When advocacy coalitions and policy beliefs grow trees in South Africa
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Malkamäki, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., Brockhaus, M., Toppinen, A., & Wagner, P. M. (2021)
Unity in diversity? When advocacy coalitions and policy beliefs grow trees in South Africa. Land Use Policy, 102, Article 105283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105283
Competing coalitions can stabilise policymaking and hinder policy changes that are required to address the mounting pressures on land use systems across the globe. Thus, under...
What Explains Collaboration in High and Low Conflict Contexts? Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks in Four Countries
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Kammerer, M., Wagner, P. M., Gronow, A., Ylä‐Anttila, T., Fisher, D. R., & Sun‐Jin, Y. (2021)
What Explains Collaboration in High and Low Conflict Contexts? Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks in Four Countries. Policy Studies Journal, 49(4), 1065-1086. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12422
Explaining collaboration between actors involved in policy processes is crucial for understanding these processes and their outcomes. The policy science literature has advance...
Information exchange networks at the climate science‐policy interface: Evidence from the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, and Portugal
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Wagner, P. M., Ylä‐Anttila, T., Gronow, A., Ocelík, P., Schmidt, L., & Delicado, A. (2021)
Information exchange networks at the climate science‐policy interface: Evidence from the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, and Portugal. Governance, 34(1), 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12484
Scientifically informed climate policymaking starts with the exchange of credible, salient, and legitimate scientific information between scientists and policymakers. It is th...
Explaining collaboration in consensual and conflictual governance networks
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Gronow, A., Wagner, P., & Ylä‐Anttila, T. (2020)
Explaining collaboration in consensual and conflictual governance networks. Public Administration, 98(3), 730-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12641
The conditions under which policy beliefs and influential actors shape collaborative behaviour in governance networks are not well understood. This article applies exponential...
On the Acoustics of Policy Learning: Can Co‐Participation in Policy Forums Break Up Echo Chambers?
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Malkamäki, A., Wagner, P. M., Brockhaus, M., Toppinen, A., & Ylä‐Anttila, T. (2021)
On the Acoustics of Policy Learning: Can Co‐Participation in Policy Forums Break Up Echo Chambers?. Policy Studies Journal, 49(2), 431-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12378
Overcoming common-pool resource dilemmas requires learning across different sectors of society. However, policy actors frequently entrench themselves in so-called echo chamber...