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- Rosen, Franciska, et al.
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Institutional entrepreneurs, global networks, and the emergence of international institutions for ecosystem-based management : The Coral Triangle Initiative
- 2013
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Ingår i: Marine Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0308-597X .- 1872-9460. ; 38, s. 195-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores the role of institutional entrepreneurship in the creation of an international agreement to radically transform management of coastal and marine resources in the Coral Triangle. It analyzes how institutional entrepreneurs develop strategies to overcome barriers to change and navigate opportunity contexts to mobilize support for ecosystem-based management. The analysis shows that institutional change depends on collaboration among several institutional entrepreneurs that have access to different networks and are supported by different types of organizations. It also shows that interplay between institutional entrepreneurship and high-level political leadership plays a critical role in institution building. Institutional entrepreneurs must therefore align their ideas of ecosystem-based management to multiple political priorities and transfer experience and social capital from previous multilateral projects. By supporting the development of new governance arenas for deliberation, institutional entrepreneurs may enhance the fit between domestic and multilateral policy making. Lastly, institutional entrepreneurship may raise critical questions about legitimacy, accountability and ownership.
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- Rosen, Franciska, 1983-
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Making transformation happen : Institutional entrepreneurship and boundary management in the Coral Triangle
- 2011
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This licentiate thesis sets out to investigate the dynamics of transformative change in social-ecological systems. That is, how large-scale sustainability transitions can be initiated and purposefully navigated. It does so by examining the emergence of the Coral Triangle Initiative–a multi-lateral partnership between six countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific aimed to transform governance and management of costal and marine resources in the region. The first study draws on theories on institutional entrepreneurship, social-ecological systems, and regime formation to analyze what factors and strategies enable transformative change. The study shows how institutional entrepreneurs are leveraging resources and garnering support from the highest political level across the region. It also shows how institutional entrepreneurs navigate the broader opportunity context by preparing the system for change and scaling up new ideas. The second study apply boundary management theory to investigate what challenges are associated with the endeavor to manage a large-scale sustainability initiative in a regionally inter-connected ecosystem like the Coral Triangle–a system where contextual complexity creates constraints on collaboration and policy making. In particular, the study examines how the interplay between different stakeholders affects the legitimacy, salience, and credibility of transformative change. The study shows that resources asymmetries, difficulties at linking scales, and lack of transparency risk to undermine each of the three, especially since the CTI has not adequately allowed for negotiation around trade-offs between social and ecological goals.
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- von Heland, Franciska
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Reef Futures : Exploring the dynamics of transformative change in marine social-ecological systems
- 2014
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The thesis explores issues relating to transformative change in the context of marine governance in the Coral Triangle, and the effects of such change processes on policy, stakeholder relations and management activities. Paper 1 studies how change-oriented actors (institutional entrepreneurs) operating at the international level can introduce and purposefully navigate large-scalechange processes. Paper 2 studies the impact of resource inequality on multi-stakeholder collaboration, and tackles the literature of boundary work so as to increase its usefulness for understanding complex, multi-level governance initiatives. Paper 3 explores how narratives about the marine environment are entwined with and influence critical aspects of marine ecosystem governance such as resource allocation, day-to-day management actions, stakeholder relations, and long-term ecological monitoring. Paper 4 investigates how actors at the local level can capture opportunities at higher institutional levels while at the same time catalyzing local potential for change by focusing on the interplay between strategies,opportunity and context. The results show that institutional entrepreneurship requires understanding of how strategies can be matched with opportunity and context, for example by offering a way for other actors to address key priorities and add value to their organizations. The results also show that behind the scene organizing is often a precondition for the introduction of transformative change. Shifting the process from an informal track to a formal track where ideas about transformative change can be deliberated among a broader set ofstakeholders is thus a major challenge. Moreover, a strong narrative is key to successfully introducing and driving transformative change. In this sense, the ability to articulate and distribute a narrative which tells a compelling story about the broader system is critical. Finally, power dynamics are constantly at play in transformation processes due to resource asymmetries. The thesis shows that differences in resources may influence the credibility, legitimacy, and salience of transformative change.
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- von Heland, Franciska, et al.
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Improving Stewardship of Marine Resources : Linking Strategy to Opportunity
- 2014
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 6:7, s. 4470-4496
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The need for improved stewardship of coastal and marine resources is evident worldwide. However, complex ecosystem dynamics, institutional inertia, and budgetary constraints impede such action. This study explores how networks of change-oriented individuals or “institutional entrepreneurs” can introduce new types of human-environment interaction. The focus is on investigating the interplay between the strategies of institutional entrepreneurs and broader system dynamics that shape the context in which they are working, and possible impacts of institutional entrepreneurship on marine governance. We explore these issues in the context of Wakatobi National Park in eastern Indonesia. We suggest that creating links between different social spheres, such as between marine resource management and spirituality or between marine resource management and education, may accelerate the development of a new ecosystem stewardship. We further suggest that the use of media has significant power to show alternative futures, but that media may also serve to objectify certain resource users and increase the complexity of marine resource management. In general, institutional entrepreneurs play an important role in capturing and managing opportunity to open up space for experimentation and novel ideas, for example by linking their ideas to broader political priorities. Yet, such strategies bear the risk of institutional capture. Finally, institutional entrepreneurs sometimes have vested interests in certain solutions that may forsake experimentation toward a sustainable future.
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- Valman, Matilda, et al.
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Adaptive governance of the Baltic Sea - lessons from elsewhere
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of the Commons. - : Ubiquity Press, Ltd.. - 1875-0281. ; 9:1, s. 440-465
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Governance of marine resources is increasingly characterized by integrated, cross sectoral and ecosystem based approaches. Such approaches require that existing governing bodies have an ability to adapt to ecosystem dynamics, while also providing transparent and legitimate outcomes. Here, we investigate how the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM), the international governing body for the Baltic Sea, could improve its prospects for working with the ecosystem approach, drawing from the literature on adaptive governance. We construct an ideal type of adaptive governance to which we compare the way in which HELCOM is operating and relate these dynamics to two other international marine environment governance organizations, the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). We conclude that HELCOM deviates from an ideal type of adaptive governance in several ways but also that the other two case studies provide empirical support for potential ways in which HELCOM could improve its adaptive capacity. Key aspects where HELCOM could improve include increasing stakeholder participation - both in information sharing and decision making. Further, HELCOM need to develop evaluation mechanisms, secure compliance to improve adaptive capacity and organizational effectiveness, which entails the development of structures for conflict resolution. Finally, HELCOM need to increase communication and harmonization between different levels of authority.
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