Commons—resources used or governed by groups of heterogeneous users through agreed-
upon institutional arrangements—are the subject of one of the more successful research …

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a
synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems …

This paper reviews the exploration and application of social–ecological systems research
perspectives to sustainable development issues such as the areas of coupled human–earth …

Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries
and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global …

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 …

Accelerating ecosystem degradation has spurred proposals to vastly expand the extent of
protected areas (PAs), potentially affecting the livelihoods and well-being of indigenous …

Decades of research and policy interventions on biodiversity have insufficiently addressed
the dual issues of biodiversity degradation and social justice. New approaches are therefore …

4 phones we use every day. While this connectivity has brought about impressive
improvements to many people in terms of the distribution of food and other resources around …

ABSTRACT The Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) was established in
2011, and is now one of the major international social-ecological systems (SES) research …

Reservoirs are built worldwide for a higher water supply in dry periods by storing water
temporarily in wet periods. Recent socio‐hydrology studies hypothesized, by creating …