Participation

Assessing drivers of sustained engagement in collaborative governance arrangements

Tests four theory-driven hypotheses about sustained stakeholder participation in an environmental justice council and identifies interpersonal interactions and policy wins as key contributors.

Three Essays on Representation, Participation, and Conflict in Environmental Justice Councils

Builds an original longitudinal dataset from meeting minutes to analyze who participates, who is represented in two-way communications, and how conflict dynamics evolve across councils and time.