Advancing understanding of natural resource governance: a post-Ostrom research agenda

Cumming, G.S. and Epstein, G. and Anderies, J.M. and Apetrei, C.I. and Baggio, J. and Bodin, Ö. and Chawla, S. and Clements, H.S. and Cox, M. and Egli, L. and Gurney, G.G. and Lubell, M. and Magliocca, N. and Morrison, T.H. and Müller, B. and Seppelt, R. and Schlüter, M. and Unnikrishnan, Hita and Villamayor-Tomas, S. and Weible, C.M. (2020) Advancing understanding of natural resource governance: a post-Ostrom research agenda. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 44. pp. 26-34. ISSN 18773435

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Abstract

Institutions are vital to the sustainability of social-ecological systems, balancing individual and group interests and coordinating responses to change. Ecological decline and social conflict in many places, however, indicate that our understanding and fostering of effective institutions for natural resource management is still lacking. We assess theoretical and methodological challenges facing positivist institutional analysis, focusing on natural resource governance according to Ostrom’s social-ecological systems (SES) framework. Rather than adding more variables, progress requires a clearer, more consistent approach to selecting, defining and measuring institutional elements; stronger links between theory and empirical research; a greater focus on mechanisms and causality; and the development and application of new methods, including quantitative approaches. Strengthening the connections between theory, models, and data suggests several promising avenues for advancing institutional analysis through the study of relationships between institutional structure, process, function, context, and outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Cumming, G.S. and Epstein, G. and Anderies, J.M. and Apetrei, C.I. and Baggio, J. and Bodin, Ö. and Chawla, S. and Clements, H.S. and Cox, M. and Egli, L. and Gurney, G.G. and Lubell, M. and Magliocca, N. and Morrison, T.H. and Müller, B. and Seppelt, R. and Schlüter, M. and Unnikrishnan, Hita and Villamayor-Tomas, S. and Weible, C.M.
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection Sustainability
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7207
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.02.005

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