Alternative Governance & Climate Change

This project explores the dynamics of nonstate actors as governors over issues related to environmental hazard and climate change.  It examines governance related to both slow-moving and rapid environmental hazards.  

     Central research topics include:

• how different actors contribute to or impede climate governance
• how actors compete or cooperate as governors in this space
• how connections between actors impact actors’ legitimacy and authority
• how civilians interact with actors and attribute responsibility (negatively or positively) for climate hazard management

Principal Investigator
Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, University of Maryland

Co-Principal Investigators
Cyanne Loyle, Penn State University
Elisabeth Gilmore, Carleton University
Reyko Huang, Texas A& M University 
Danielle Jung, Emory University

 Supporters 

​This project is funded by the Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative. 

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