BACKGROUND Current and future generations are confronted with the complex task of
devising sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The coming decade might …

Achieving effective, sustainable environmental governance requires a better understanding
of the causes and consequences of the complex patterns of interdependencies connecting …

This book is principally intended for social scientists wanting to undertake social network
research. It assumes the reader already knows a thing or two (perhaps even a lot) about …

I nstitutional collective action (ICA) dilemmas arise from the division or partitioning of
authority in which decisions by one government in one or more specific functional area …

This article discusses the stochastic actor-oriented model for analyzing panel data of
networks. The model is defined as a continuous-time Markov chain, observed at two or more …

This paper provides an overview of our adaptation of N orton L ong's concept of the “ecology
of games” into a theoretical framework for analyzing institutional complexity. I discuss the …

Social networks are frequently cited as vital for facilitating successful adaptation and
transformation in linked social–ecological systems to overcome pressing resource …

Sustainability in the Anthropocene requires social cooperation and learning against a
backdrop of increasingly complex, polycentric governance. Here, we introduce an …

The xergm package is an implementation of extensions to the exponential random graph
model (ERGM). It acts as a meta-package for multiple constituent packages. One of these …

Recent research has shown that communication networks involving governmental and
nongovernmental actors self‐organize based on how risk is perceived. According to the “risk …