This article aims to move collaborative governance research beyond a fragmented
consensus on its enigmatic nature by comprehensively and systematically extricating and …

Collaborative governance has emerged as a promising approach for addressing complex
water sustainability issues, with purported benefits from enhanced democracy to improved …

Who should be included in collaborative governance and how they should be included is an
important topic, though the dynamics of inclusion are not yet well understood. We propose a …

Achieving food and nutrition security for all in a changing and globalized world remains a
critical challenge of utmost importance. The development of solutions benefits from insights …

Collaborative environmental governance seeks to engage diverse stakeholders to tackle
complex challenges efficiently, sustainably, and equitably. However, mixed empirical …

With the widespread use of collaborative governance mechanisms for mitigating water
pollution, an opportunity exists to test alternative institutional designs based on collaborative …

Over the past few decades, collaboration has flourished in the public administration and
policy fields as a rational means to solve complex issues and improve public service …

The wide application of networks in public administration has been driven by the practical
need to address increasingly complex management and policy problems. To understand the …

In complex, polycentric environmental governance systems, actors may choose to
collaborate with one another to reduce their collective vulnerability and enhance system …

Governance systems reconcile diverse interests to enable collective decision-making and
action. Questions related to representation in the governance of networks are addressed in …