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

Marine and coastal activities are closely interrelated, and conflicts among different sectors
can undermine management and conservation objectives. Governance systems for …

Success or failure of a polycentric system is a function of complex political and social
processes, such as coordination between actors and venues to solve specialized policy …

Polycentric governance (PG) describes governance systems characterized by multiple,
interdependent centers of decision‐making, offering an alternative to centralized …

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

Amidst escalating environmental concerns, regional cooperation has emerged as a potent
strategy for environmental preservation. Yet, the potency of such cooperation in curbing air …

As the polycentric nature of climate governance becomes ever more apparent,
understanding the role played by individual initiatives becomes an increasingly urgent …

Energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) programming operates through a complex
network of governments, utilities, not-for-profits, and human service organizations. The …

Social sustainability has for long been either neglected or downplayed in scientific literature
and policy making and it remains an unsettled concept. The present paper critically …

In this article, we bridge and extend concepts from behavioral game theory and the Ecology
of Games Theory of Polycentricity (EGT) to test possible mechanisms for conflict contagion …