| The governance of almost all complex social or natural resource systems is polycentric: it involves distributed, nested and partially overlapping patterns of competitive and cooperative relationships among relatively autonomous private and public actors, operating at different levels, within a set of overarching rules. Yet our understanding of the variety and evolution of such governance arrangements, and our capacity to evaluate their operation and performance, remain in its infancy. As Elinor Ostrom observed, this state of affairs is to a large extent imputable to the tendency to explain phenomena and imagine governance solutions in terms of the standard dichotomy between “private” and “public,” or “market” and “state.” Interdisciplinary institutional research into polycentric governance is vital. Rising to the challenges facing us in the 21st century – ranging from natural resource depletion, decarbonization, food insecurity and international migration to civic disaffection, personal data management, scientific knowledge sharing and space exploration – will require viewing these pressing problems through the lens of polycentricity. The 7th WINIR Conference will explore these and other related issues. The conference will take place online from Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 September 2022. Important dates: 10 May 2022 – Deadline for individual papers and session proposals 24 May 2022 – Notifications of acceptance 25 May 2022 – Registration opens 1 July 2022 – Early registration deadline 31 July 2022 – Registration deadline for accepted authors 1 August 2022 – Non-registered authors removed from programme 15 August 2022 – Full paper submission deadline |
Submit an individual abstract Propose a 3- or 4-paper session For more details and submission visit the conference website: WINIR 2022 Organising committee: Francesca Gagliardi (f.gagliardi@herts.ac.uk), David Gindis (d.gindis@herts.ac.uk), Georgina Gomez (gomez@iss.nl), Nadia von Jacobi (nadia.vonjacobi@unitn.it) |
