Welcome

Research in the cluster Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance (PEGO) is driven by current complex environmental and societal challenges such as the integration of different aspects of water resource management, the sources and impacts of climate change, and the liberalization processes in utility sectors.

Based on policy process, diffusion and multi-level governance theories and frameworks, we mainly focus on issues such as innovative and effective policy design, instrument choice under uncertainty and actors’ integration in multi-level decision and implementation processes.

We adopt a strong methodological focus on Social Network Analysis (SNA) modeling and simulation and combine SNA with other quantitative and qualitative methods such as discourse analysis, qualitative comparative analysis and multicriteria decision analysis.

PEGO holds an affiliation to the Chair of Environmental Policy Analysis at the University of Bern.