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 …

Collaboration is a commonly prescribed method of public service improvement. If
collaboration fails, blame is typically ascribed to transaction costs, organizational inertia, or …

CONTEXT The agri-food and rural development sector in Europe is undergoing
digitalization, and therefore becoming increasingly data-dependent. However, limited …

The sustainable management of complex social-ecological systems (SES) typically requires
coordination and collaboration between various groups of stakeholders. Yet, research on …

Federal-level strategies or guidance for addressing wildfire risk encourage adaptation
activities that span progressively larger scales, often focusing on landscape-level action that …

Responding to disastrous wildfires traversing geographical scales requires multi‐actor
collaboration to address a series of interdependent operational tasks. While this type of …

The growing scale of natural hazards highlights the need for models of governance capable
of addressing risk across administrative boundaries. However, risk governance systems are …

Many contemporary social and ecological challenges in forested ecosystems (climate
change, invasive species, wildland-urban interface development, and wildfires) span …

Fire is a fundamental social-ecological process, but a combination of changing climate, land
use and values at risk is increasing the incidence of large wildfires with high societal and …

Understanding how stakeholders choose to participate in different policy forums is central to
research on complex, polycentric governance systems. In this article, we draw upon the …