Impact assessment has been in place for over 40years and is now practised in some form in
all but two of the world's nations. In this paper we reflect on the state of the art of impact …

Increasing emphasis has been placed in recent years on transitioning strategic
environmental assessment (SEA) away from its environmental impact assessment (EIA) …

This paper aims at conceptualising the effectiveness of impact assessment processes
through the development of a literature-based framework of criteria to measure impact …

Could the theory of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) be ahead of its time and
decoupled from its practice? This paper evolved in search for this leading research question …

We suggest that the impact assessment community has lost its way based on our
observation that impact assessment is under attack because of a perceived lack of …

The role of science in policy and decision-making has been an issue of intensive debate
over the past decade. The concept of knowledge brokerage has been develo** in this …

Policy assessment has spread rapidly around the world in the last few decades providing an
opportunity for further innovation and understanding in the way in which assessment is …

The central role of impact assessment instruments globally in policy integration initiatives
has been cemented in recent years. Associated with this trend, but also reflecting political …

In the context of continuing uncertainty, ambiguity and ignorance in impact assessment (IA)
prediction, the case is made that existing IA processes are based on false …

Evaluating the substantive effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is vital
in order to know to what extent the tool fulfills its purposes and produces expected results …