Effectiveness has been understood at three levels of analysis in the scholarly study of policy
design. The first is at the systemic level indicating what entails effective formulation …

Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional
environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative …

Abstract Following the Paris Agreement, states and non-state actors have pledged countless
commitments to mitigate climate change. Yet, translating these words into tangible action …

While experimentation is at the heart of sustainability transitions, little attention has been
paid to policy experimentation and its effects in advancing transitions. Drawing on the …

This article analyses the development of the mix of EU climate policy instruments and the
level of climate policy integration (CPI) in the twenty-first century. Complementing …

Elaborated in publications on transition management, sustainability governance and
deliberative environmental governance,'reflexive governance'addresses concerns about …

Concerted action on climate change will require a continuing stream of social and technical
innovations whose development and transmission will be influenced by public policies. New …

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 …

Ongoing sustainability challenges create pressure on planning practices and institutional
arrangements. Transformative policy visions, such as the circular economy and bioeconomy …

In recent years, scholars from diverse research communities have become greatly interested
in the experimental turn within the social sciences and economics. A rapidly emerging field …